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"text": "1.66 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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},
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"Hospital bed density": {
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"text": "1.9 beds/1,000 population (2015)"
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"text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017 est.)"
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},
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"Sanitation facility access": {
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"improved: urban": {
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},
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"Tobacco use": {
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"total": {
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"text": "21% (2020 est.)"
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"text": "21.4% (2025 est.)"
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"male": {
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"text": "41.3% (2020 est.)"
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"text": "41.6% (2025 est.)"
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"female": {
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"text": "0.7% (2020 est.)"
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"text": "0.6% (2025 est.)"
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}
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"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
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"text": "56% (2023 est.)"
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"Child marriage": {
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"women married by age 15": {
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"text": "0% (2019)"
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"women married by age 18": {
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"text": "3.8% (2019 est.)"
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"text": "3.8% (2019)"
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},
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"Education expenditures": {
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"text": "3/9/2025"
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"percentage of women in chamber": {
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"text": "4.1%"
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"text": "2.5%"
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"expected date of next election": {
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"text": "January 2028"
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},
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"Internet users": {
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"percent of population": {
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"text": "71% (2022 est.)"
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"text": "77% (2023 est.)"
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}
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"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
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"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Republican Guard is subordinate to the ANP, but responsible to the President; the National Gendarmerie performs police functions outside urban areas under the auspices of the Ministry of National Defense and shares responsibility with the General Directorate of National Security for maintaining law and order; it is comprised of territorial, intervention/mobile, border guard, railway, riot control, and air support units"
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"Military expenditures": {
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"Military Expenditures 2024": {
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"text": "8% of GDP (2024 est.)"
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"Military Expenditures 2023": {
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"text": "9% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"text": "8% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"Military Expenditures 2022": {
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"text": "4.8% of GDP (2022 est.)"
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"Military Expenditures 2020": {
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"text": "6.7% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"Military Expenditures 2019": {
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"text": "6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
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"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
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"Physician density": {
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"text": "0.24 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
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"Hospital bed density": {
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"text": "0.8 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)"
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},
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"Sanitation facility access": {
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"improved: urban": {
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"text": "urban: 93.7% of population"
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},
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"Child marriage": {
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"women married by age 15": {
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"text": "7.9%"
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"text": "7.9% (2016)"
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"women married by age 18": {
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"text": "30.3%"
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"text": "30.3% (2016)"
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"men married by age 18": {
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"text": "6% (2016 est.)"
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"text": "6% (2016)"
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"Education expenditures": {
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},
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"Internet users": {
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"percent of population": {
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"text": "39% (2022 est.)"
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"text": "45% (2023 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
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"text": "Angolan Armed Forces (Forcas Armadas Angolanas, FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra Angola, MGA), Angolan National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional Angolana, FANA)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: National Police, Border Guard Police (2025)"
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},
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"Military expenditures": {
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"Military Expenditures 2024": {
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"text": "1% of GDP (2024 est.)"
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"Military Expenditures 2023": {
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"text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"Military Expenditures 2020": {
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"text": "1.7% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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},
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"Military Expenditures 2019": {
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"text": "1.8% of GDP (2019 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
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"text": "0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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},
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"Hospital bed density": {
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"text": "1.8 beds/1,000 population"
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"text": "2.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
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},
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"Sanitation facility access": {
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"improved: urban": {
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"Tobacco use": {
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"total": {
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"text": "19.4% (2020 est.)"
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"text": "17.1% (2025 est.)"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "30.4% (2020 est.)"
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"text": "29.2% (2025 est.)"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "8.3% (2020 est.)"
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"text": "5.5% (2025 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
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"National symbol(s)": {
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"text": "zebra; national colors: light blue, white, black"
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"National coat of arms": {
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"text": "The two zebras on Botswana's coat of arms are the country’s national symbol. They support an elephant tusk that represents the country's fauna and a head of sorghum that signifies agriculture. The three wavy blue bands symbolize the country’s reliance on water, the cog wheels stand for industry, and the bull’s head represents the cattle industry. The coat of arms also features the national colors of light blue, white, and black. The motto reflects the scarcity of rain in the country: <em>pula </em>means “let there be rain” in Setswana, the national language."
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},
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"National anthem": {
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"name": {
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"text": "\"Fatshe leno la rona\" (Our Land)"
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"selected World Heritage Site locales": {
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"text": "Tsodilo Hills (c); Okavango Delta (n)"
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"National coat of arms": {
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"text": "The two zebras on Botswana's coat of arms are the country’s national symbol. They support an elephant tusk that represents the country's fauna and a head of sorghum that signifies agriculture. The three wavy blue bands symbolize the country’s reliance on water, the cog wheels stand for industry, and the bull’s head represents the cattle industry. The coat of arms also features the national colors of light blue, white, and black. The motto reflects the scarcity of rain in the country: <em>pula </em>means “let there be rain” in Setswana, the national language."
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"Economy": {
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"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> both the BDF and the Botswana Police Service (BPS) report to the Ministry of Defense, Justice and Security; the BPS has primary responsibility for internal security<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the Ground Force Command includes a marine unit with boats and river craft for patrolling Botswana's internal waterways and supporting anti-poaching operations"
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"Military expenditures": {
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"Military Expenditures 2024": {
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"text": "2.9% of GDP (2024 est.)"
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"Military Expenditures 2023": {
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"text": "2.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
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"Military Expenditures 2020": {
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"text": "3% of GDP (2020 est.)"
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"Military Expenditures 2019": {
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"text": "2.8% of GDP (2019 est.)"
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"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
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"text": "0.22 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
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"Hospital bed density": {
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"text": "0.5 beds/1,000 population"
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"text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
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"Sanitation facility access": {
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"Tobacco use": {
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"total": {
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"text": "6.9% (2020 est.)"
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"text": "4.8% (2025 est.)"
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"male": {
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"text": "11.8% (2020 est.)"
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"text": "8.3% (2025 est.)"
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"female": {
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"text": "1.9% (2020 est.)"
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"text": "1.5% (2025 est.)"
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"Child marriage": {
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"women married by age 15": {
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"text": "9.4%"
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"text": "5.9% (2022)"
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"women married by age 18": {
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"text": "30.6%"
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"text": "27.5% (2022)"
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"men married by age 18": {
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> FAB is under the Ministry of Defense and is responsible for external security and supporting the DGPR in maintaining internal security, which has primary responsibility for enforcing law and maintaining order; the DGPR was formed in 2018 through a merger of police and gendarmes"
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"Military expenditures": {
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"Military Expenditures 2024": {
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"text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)"
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"Hospital bed density": {
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|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Gendarmerie (GN) is a paramilitary force with domestic law enforcement and security responsibilities; it is under the Ministry of Defense, but also reports to the Ministry of Interior; the GN nominally includes the Republican Guard (GR), which is responsible for presidential security and has a separate command structure"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1154,13 +1157,10 @@
|
|||
"text": "1.8% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
"text": "2.5% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.4% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "2.3% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -334,13 +334,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "12.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "10.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "22.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "18.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "2.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -351,13 +351,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "8.4%"
|
||||
"text": "8.4% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "29.1%"
|
||||
"text": "29.1% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "5.6% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5.6% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1188,6 +1188,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Republican Guard is a military unit under the direct control of the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1199,9 +1202,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
"text": "2.6 beds/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -333,13 +333,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "7.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "13.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "9.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -350,13 +350,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "10.7%"
|
||||
"text": "10.7% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "29.8%"
|
||||
"text": "29.8% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "2.9% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.9% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1196,6 +1196,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Army includes the Rapid Intervention Brigade (Brigade d’Intervention Rapide or BIR), which maintains its own command and control structure and reports directly to the Chief of Defense staff and the Presidency; the BIR includes airborne/airmobile, amphibious, armored reconnaissance, artillery, and counterterrorism forces, as well as support elements, such as intelligence <br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Cameroon Police and the National Gendarmerie are responsible for internal security; the Gendarmerie conducts administrative, criminal, and military investigative functions; other missions include customs, air and maritime surveillance, and road traffic control; in times of conflict, it participates in internal defense"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1207,9 +1210,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -309,18 +309,29 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "20.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "14.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "29.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "24.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "11.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "61.2% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "4.9% (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "20.7% (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "6.9% (2022)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "2.6% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -595,7 +606,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "four equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), white, red, and blue, with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist; centered within the triangle is a vertical white crescent moon with the convex side facing the hoist and four white, five-pointed stars placed vertically in a line between the points of the crescent; the horizontal bands and the four stars represent the four main islands of the archipelago - Mwali, N'gazidja, Ndzuwani, and Mahore (Mayotte - department of France, but claimed by Comoros)",
|
||||
"text": "four equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), white, red, and blue, with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist; a vertical white crescent moon is centered in the triangle, with the convex side facing the hoist and four white five-pointed stars placed vertically in a line between the points of the crescent; the horizontal bands and the four stars represent the four main islands of the archipelago -- Mwali, N'gazidja, Ndzuwani, and Mahore (Mayotte is a department of France, but claimed by Comoros)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the crescent, stars, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -947,7 +958,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "27% (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "36% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -273,9 +273,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 53.8% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -324,13 +321,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "25.8%"
|
||||
"text": "25.8% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "61%"
|
||||
"text": "61% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "17.1% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "17.1% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1031,6 +1028,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Special Republican Protection Group (Groupement Spécial Chargé de la Protection Républicaine or GSPR) provides protection to the head of state; it is part of the Army but reports to the president"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "2.5% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1042,9 +1042,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.7% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.73 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.1 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
"text": "2 beds/1,000 population (2018 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -311,18 +311,29 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "11.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "9.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "17.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "15.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "5.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "46.9% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "8.4% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "7.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -611,7 +622,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue -- equal to half the width of the flag -- is followed by three narrow bands of white, red, and white, and a bottom stripe of blue; a circle of 10 yellow five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and sits toward the left side of the flag; blue stands for the sea and sky; the stripes symbolize the country's formation through peace (white) and effort (red); the circle of stars represents the 10 major islands"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "ten, five-pointed, yellow stars; national colors: blue, white, red, yellow"
|
||||
"text": "ten five-pointed yellow stars; national colors: blue, white, red, yellow"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"name": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1043,6 +1054,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police are under the Ministry of Internal Affairs"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1054,9 +1068,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.5% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2018 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -327,10 +327,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4%"
|
||||
"text": "1.4% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "6.5% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.5% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the center; blue stands for sea and sky and the Issa Somali people; green symbolizes earth and the Afar people; white represents peace; the red star recalls the struggle for independence and stands for unity"
|
||||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and with a red five-pointed star in the center; blue stands for sea and sky and the Issa Somali people, green for earth and the Afar people, and white for peace; the red star stands for the struggle for independence and for unity"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "red star; national colors: light blue, green, white, red"
|
||||
|
|
@ -999,7 +999,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "65% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "65% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.67 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "1.1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -343,18 +343,26 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "24.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "25.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "48.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "51% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "71.1% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "15.8% (2021)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "2.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -700,8 +708,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; the national emblem (a gold Eagle of Saladin facing the hoist side with a shield superimposed on its chest above a scroll bearing the name of the country in Arabic) centered in the white band; the band colors derive from the Arab Liberation flag and represent oppression (black), overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of Syria, which has two green stars in the white band; Iraq, which has an Arabic inscription centered in the white band; and Yemen, which has a plain white band"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; centered in the white band is the national emblem, a gold Eagle of Saladin facing the hoist side with a shield on its chest above a scroll with the country's name in Arabic; the band colors derive from the Arab Liberation flag and represent oppression (black) overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flags of Syria (two green stars in the white band), Iraq (an Arabic inscription centered in the white band), and Yemen (plain white band)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "golden eagle, white lotus; national colors: red, white, black"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1219,6 +1227,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Public Security Sector Police are responsible for law enforcement nationwide; the Central Security Force protects infrastructure and is responsible for crowd control; the National Security Agency is responsible for internal security threats and counterterrorism along with other security services<br>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1230,9 +1241,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2019 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
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}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red, with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has six yellow six-pointed stars (representing the mainland and five offshore islands) above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton tree and below which is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice); green symbolizes the jungle and natural resources, blue represents the sea that connects the mainland to the islands, white stands for peace, and red recalls the fight for independence"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red, with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has six yellow six-pointed stars (representing the mainland and five offshore islands) above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton tree; below is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice); green stands for the jungle and natural resources, blue for the sea, white for peace, and red for the fight for independence"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "silk cotton tree; national colors: green, white, red, blue"
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|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "67% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "60% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
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|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police report to the Ministry of National Security, while the Gendarmerie reports to the Ministry of National Defense; police generally are responsible for maintaining law and order in the cities, while gendarmes are responsible for security outside cities and for special events"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1% of GDP (2024)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
|
||||
"text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -602,7 +602,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) dividing the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower one is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle; green stands for the country's agriculture economy, red signifies the blood shed in the fight for freedom, and blue symbolizes the bounty of the sea; the wreath-olive branch symbol is similar to that on the first flag of Eritrea from 1952; the shape of the red triangle broadly mimics the shape of the country",
|
||||
"text": "a red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) divides the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle; green stands for the country's agriculture economy, red for the blood shed in the fight for freedom, and blue for the sea's bounty; the shape of the red triangle mimics the shape of the country",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of four national flags that reflect the shape of the country in the flag design; the others are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Vanuatu"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.3 beds/1,000 population (2016)"
|
||||
"text": "0.3 beds/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -335,13 +335,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "5.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "8.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -352,13 +352,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "14.1%"
|
||||
"text": "14.1% (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "40.3%"
|
||||
"text": "40.3% (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "5% (2016 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5% (2016)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -702,8 +702,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red, with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; green represents hope and the fertility of the land, yellow symbolizes justice and harmony, while red stands for sacrifice and heroism in the defense of the land; the blue of the disk symbolizes peace and the pentagram represents the unity and equality of the nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag (adopted ca. 1895) were so often appropriated by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the Pan-African colors; the emblem in the center of the current flag was added in 1996"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red, with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; green stands for hope and the land's fertility, yellow for justice and harmony, and red for sacrifice and heroism; the blue of the disk symbolizes peace, and the pentagram represents the unity and equality of the Ethiopian people",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and newly independent African countries often adopted the Ethiopian flag's colors, leading them to become known as the pan-African colors; the emblem in the center of the current flag was added in 1996"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Abyssinian lion (traditional), yellow pentagram with five rays of light on a blue field (promoted by current government); national colors: green, yellow, red"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1170,6 +1170,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>national and regional police forces are responsible for law enforcement and maintenance of order, with the ENDF sometimes providing internal security support; the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) report to the Prime Minister’s Office<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the regional governments control regional security forces, including \"special\" paramilitary forces, which generally operate independently from the federal government and in some cases operate as regional defense forces maintaining national borders; in April 2023, the federal government ordered the integration of these regional special forces into the EFP or ENDF; in some cases, the regional governments have maintained former members of the special forces for “crowd control/Adma Bitena” as a separate unit within their security structures; local militias also operate across the country in loose and varying coordination with regional security and police forces, the ENDF, and the EFP<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> in 2018, Ethiopia established a Republican Guard military unit as a separate command operationally under the Office of the Prime Minister and administratively accountable to the Ministry of Defense; it is responsible for protecting senior officials and government institutions and conducting some military operations <br><br><br>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1181,9 +1184,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.1 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
|
||||
"text": "1.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -330,13 +330,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "11.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "21.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "17% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "0.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -347,13 +347,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "5.6%"
|
||||
"text": "5.6% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "23.1%"
|
||||
"text": "23.1% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "0.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.2% (2020)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue with white edges, and green; red stands for the sun and the savannah, blue represents the Gambia River, and green symbolizes forests and agriculture; the white stripes denote unity and peace"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue with white edges, and green; red stands for the sun and the savannah, blue for the Gambia River, and green for forests and agriculture; the white stripes denote unity and peace"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "lion; national colors: red, blue, green, white"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1053,6 +1053,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the RNG is responsible for VIP protection, riot control, and presidential security, while the GPF maintains internal security"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1064,9 +1067,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -281,9 +281,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.52 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "6.3 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 81.3% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -330,6 +327,17 @@
|
|||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "49.7% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "2.9% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "13.3% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "4.8% (2021)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -627,11 +635,14 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue; green represents the country's forests and natural resources, gold represents the equator (which transects Gabon) as well as the sun, blue represents the sea"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue; green stands for the country's forests and natural resources, gold for the equator and the sun, and blue for the sea"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "black panther; national colors: green, yellow, blue"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "On Gabon’s coat of arms, the panthers represent vigilance and courage, and they support a shield with a ship and an okoume tree, which is a symbol of the timber trade. The ribbon below the shield has the national motto in French, <em>Union, Travail, Justice</em> (\"Union, Work, Justice\"), and the ribbon above the shield has the Latin phrase <em>Uniti Progrediemur</em> (\"We shall go forward united\")."
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"name": {
|
||||
"text": "\"La Concorde\" (The Concorde)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -648,9 +659,6 @@
|
|||
"selected World Heritage Site locales": {
|
||||
"text": "Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (m); Ivindo National Park (n)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "On Gabon’s coat of arms, the panthers represent vigilance and courage, and they support a shield with a ship and an okoume tree, which is a symbol of the timber trade. The ribbon below the shield has the national motto in French, <em>Union, Travail, Justice</em> (\"Union, Work, Justice\"), and the ribbon above the shield has the Latin phrase <em>Uniti Progrediemur</em> (\"We shall go forward united\")."
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1107,6 +1115,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the National Police Forces, under the Ministry of Interior, and the National Gendarmerie (GENA), under the Ministry of Defense, are responsible for law enforcement and public security; elements of the armed forces and the Republican Guard, an elite unit that protects the president under his direct authority, sometimes perform internal security functions<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the GENA is organized into regionally-based “legions,” mobile forces, a national parks security unit, and a special intervention group"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1118,9 +1129,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.27 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -330,13 +330,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "3.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "6.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "0.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -347,13 +347,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "5%"
|
||||
"text": "3.3% (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "19.3%"
|
||||
"text": "16.1% (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "3.9% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.4% (2022)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -641,8 +641,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green, with a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; red symbolizes the blood shed for independence, yellow represents the country's mineral wealth, while green stands for its forests and natural wealth; the black star is said to be the lodestar of African freedom",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Bolivia, which has a coat of arms centered in the yellow band"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green, with a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; red stands for the blood shed for independence, yellow for the country's mineral wealth, and green for its forests and natural wealth; the black star is said to be the lodestar of African freedom",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Bolivia, which has a coat of arms centered in the yellow band"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "black star, golden eagle; national colors: red, yellow, green, black"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1145,6 +1145,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "note: the GAF also has a Medical Service/Corps"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1156,9 +1159,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -279,9 +279,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.3 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 90.9% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -330,13 +327,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "17%"
|
||||
"text": "17% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "46.5%"
|
||||
"text": "46.5% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.9% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.9% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -637,8 +634,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green; red represents the people's sacrifice for liberation and work; yellow stands for the sun, for the riches of the earth, and for justice; green symbolizes the country's vegetation and unity",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the reverse of those on the flags of neighboring Mali and Senegal"
|
||||
"text": "three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green; red stands for the people's sacrifice for liberation and work; yellow for the sun, the riches of the earth, and justice; green for the country's vegetation and unity",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the reverse of those on the flags of neighboring Mali and Senegal"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "elephant; national colors: red, yellow, green"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1013,7 +1010,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "34% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "27% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1084,8 +1081,11 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Gendarmerie is overseen by the Ministry of Defense, while the National Police is under the Ministry of Security; the Gendarmerie and National Police share responsibility for internal security, but only the Gendarmerie can arrest police or military officials; Guinea's military and security forces are sometimes collectively referred to as the Defense and Security Forces"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "2.1% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "2.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1095,9 +1095,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -331,13 +331,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "9.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "17.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "14.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -348,13 +348,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "7%"
|
||||
"text": "7.4% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "27%"
|
||||
"text": "25.8% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "3.5% (2016 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.9% (2021)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1168,6 +1168,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Gendarmerie is a paramilitary force under the Ministry of Defense that is responsible for ensuring public safety, maintaining order, enforcing laws, and protecting institutions, people, and property; it is organized into mobile and territorial components; the Mobile Gendarmerie is responsible for maintaining and restoring order and is considered the backbone of the country’s domestic security; the Territorial Gendarmerie is responsible for the administrative, judicial, and military police; the Gendarmerie also has separate specialized units for security, intervention (counterterrorism, hostage rescue, etc), VIP protection, and surveillance"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1179,9 +1182,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -294,6 +294,9 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.29 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 84% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -336,13 +339,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "11.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "19.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "15.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "2.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -351,6 +354,17 @@
|
|||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "56.8% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "2.2% (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "12.5% (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% (2022)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "4.8% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -688,7 +702,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a large Maasai warrior's shield covering crossed spears is superimposed at the center; black symbolizes the majority population, red the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green stands for natural wealth, and white for peace; the shield and crossed spears symbolize the defense of freedom"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a large Maasai warrior's shield covering crossed spears is at the center; black stands for the majority population, red for the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green for natural wealth, and white for peace; the shield and crossed spears symbolize the defense of freedom"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "lion; national colors: black, red, green, white"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1174,8 +1188,11 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police Service maintains internal security and includes a paramilitary General Service Unit and Rapid Deployment Unit, as well as a Border Police Unit"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1185,9 +1202,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -278,6 +278,9 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.18 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 68% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -320,13 +323,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "8.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "14.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -337,13 +340,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "5.8% NA"
|
||||
"text": "5.8% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "24.9% NA"
|
||||
"text": "24.9% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "8.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.4% (2020)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -655,8 +658,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "11 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; a white, five-pointed star appears on a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner; the stripes symbolize the signatories of the Liberian Declaration of Independence; the blue square represents the African mainland, and the star represents the freedom granted to the ex-slaves; according to the constitution, the blue color signifies liberty, justice, and fidelity, the white color purity, cleanliness, and guilelessness, and the red color steadfastness, valor, and fervor",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the design is based on the US flag"
|
||||
"text": "11 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; a five-pointed white star sits on a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner; the stripes symbolize the signatories of the Liberian Declaration of Independence, the blue square represents the African mainland, and the star represents the freedom granted to the ex-slaves; the blue stands for liberty, justice, and fidelity, the white for purity, cleanliness, and guilelessness, and the red for steadfastness, valor, and fervor; the design is based on the US flag"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "white star; national colors: red, white, blue"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1022,7 +1024,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "30% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "24% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1090,20 +1092,20 @@
|
|||
"text": "Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Liberian Coast Guard<br><br>Ministry of Justice: Liberia National Police, Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2018": {
|
||||
"text": "0.5% of GDP (2018 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -315,13 +315,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "24.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "22.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "43.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "42.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "5.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -332,13 +332,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "1%"
|
||||
"text": "1% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "16.4%"
|
||||
"text": "16.4% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.9% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.9% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -664,7 +664,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three horizontal stripes of blue (top), white, and green in the proportions of 3:4:3; the colors represent rain, peace, and prosperity respectively; centered in the white stripe is a black mokorotlo, a traditional Basotho straw hat and national symbol; the redesigned flag was unfurled in October 2006 to celebrate 40 years of independence"
|
||||
"text": "three horizontal stripes of blue (top), white, and green, representing respectively rain, peace, and prosperity; centered in the white stripe is a black <em>mokorotlo</em>, a traditional Basotho straw hat and national symbol; the redesigned flag was introduced in 2006 to celebrate 40 years of independence"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "mokorotio (Basotho hat); national colors: blue, white, green, black"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "47% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "48% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1086,8 +1086,11 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Lesotho Mounted Police Service is responsible for internal security and reports to the Minister of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs and Police"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1097,9 +1100,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "2.04 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the US Embassy in Tripoli closed in July 2014 due to Libyan civil unrest; embassy staff and operations currently are located at US Embassy Tunis, Tunisia"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three horizontal bands of red (top), black (double width), and green with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe; the National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design of the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) on 27 February 2011; it replaced the former all-green banner promulgated by the QADHAFI regime in 1977; the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan, black symbolizes Cyrenaica, and green denotes Tripolitania; the crescent and star represent Islam, the main religion of the country"
|
||||
"text": "three horizontal bands of red (top), black (double-width), and green, with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe; the National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design from the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) in 2011 to replace the all-green banner of the QADHAFI regime; the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan, black for Cyrenaica, and green for Tripolitania; the crescent and star represent Islam"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "star and crescent, hawk; national colors: red, black, green"
|
||||
|
|
@ -956,7 +956,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "88% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "89% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -276,9 +276,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.2 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 49.2% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -321,13 +318,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "27.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "24.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "42.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "40.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "12.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -338,13 +335,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "12.7%"
|
||||
"text": "12.7% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "38.8%"
|
||||
"text": "38.8% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "11.2% (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.2% (2021)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -662,7 +659,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a vertical white band of the same width on hoist side; by tradition, red stands for sovereignty, green for hope, white for purity"
|
||||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green, with a vertical white band of the same width on hoist side; red stands for sovereignty, green for hope, and white for purity"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "traveller's palm (ravenala), zebu; national colors: red, green, white"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1029,7 +1026,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "21% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the National Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense but separate from the PAF and is responsible for maintaining law and order in rural areas at the village level, protecting government facilities, and operating a maritime police contingent; the National Police under the Ministry of Security is responsible for maintaining law and order in urban areas"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1105,9 +1105,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.5% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -282,9 +282,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 59.9% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -327,13 +324,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "10.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "17.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "4.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -344,13 +341,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "7.5%"
|
||||
"text": "7.5% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "37.7%"
|
||||
"text": "37.7% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7% (2020)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -655,7 +652,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered on the black band; black represents the native peoples, red the blood shed in their struggle for freedom, and green the color of nature; the rising sun represents the hope of freedom for the continent of Africa"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green, with a rising red sun centered on the black band; black represents ethnic groups, red the blood shed in their struggle for freedom, and green the color of nature; the sun represents the hope of freedom for the continent of Africa"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "lion; national colors: black, red, green"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1078,20 +1075,20 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the MDF reports directly to the president as commander in chief"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.1 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
"text": "0.2 beds/1,000 population (2018 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -328,13 +328,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "8.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "15.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "13.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -345,13 +345,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "15.9%"
|
||||
"text": "15.9% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "53.7%"
|
||||
"text": "53.7% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "2.1% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.1% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -656,7 +656,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as those of neighboring Senegal (which has an additional green central star) and the reverse of those on the flag of neighboring Guinea"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as those of neighboring Senegal (which has an additional green central star) and the reverse of those on the flag of neighboring Guinea"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Great Mosque of Djenne; national colors: green, yellow, red"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "33% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "35% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1081,6 +1081,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Gendarmerie and the National Guard are under the authority of the Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs (Ministere De La Defense Et Des Anciens Combattants, MDAC), but operational control is shared with the Ministry of Internal Security and Civil Protection which also controls the National Police; the National Police has responsibility for law enforcement and maintenance of order in urban areas and supports the FAMa in internal military operations<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the Gendarmerie's primary mission is internal security and public order; its duties also include territorial defense, humanitarian operations, intelligence gathering, and protecting private property, mainly in rural areas; it also has a specialized border security unit<br><br><strong>note 3: </strong>the National Guard is a military force responsible for providing security to government facilities and institutions, prison service, public order, humanitarian operations, some border security, and intelligence gathering; its forces include a camel corps for patrolling the deserts and borders of northern Mali<br><br><strong>note 4: </strong>there are also pro-government militias operating in Mali, such as the Imghad Tuareg Self-Defense Group and Allies (GATIA); the leader of GATIA is also a general in the national army"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "4.3% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1088,13 +1091,10 @@
|
|||
"text": "3.5% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
"text": "3.5% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.4% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "3.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "3.1% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "18 years of age for men and women for selective compulsory and voluntary military service; 24-month compulsory service obligation (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military deployments": {
|
||||
"text": "<strong>note: </strong>until announcing its withdrawal in May of 2022, Mali was part of a five-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, and Niger; Mali had committed 1,100 troops and 200 gendarmes to the force"
|
||||
"text": "<strong>note 1: </strong>in 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced they were forming joint force of 5,000 troops to combat extremist groups in the Sahel<strong><br><br>note 2:</strong> until announcing its withdrawal in May of 2022, Mali was part of a five-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, and Niger; Mali had committed 1,100 troops and 200 gendarmes to the force"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "the FAMa is responsible for defense of the country’s sovereignty and territory, but also has some domestic security duties, including the maintenance of public order and support to law enforcement if required, as well as counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations; it also participates in socio-economic development projects; the military has traditionally played a large role in Mali’s politics; prior to the coup in August 2020 and military takeover in May 2021, it had intervened in the political arena at least five times since the country gained independence in 1960 (1968, 1976, 1978, 1991, 2012)<br><br>the FAMa and other security forces are actively engaged in operations against several insurgent/terrorist groups affiliated with al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), as well as other rebel organizations, communal militias, and criminal bands spread across the central, northern, and southern regions of the country; the government is reportedly in control of only an estimated 10-20% of the country's central and northern territories, and attacks have increased in the more heavily populated south, including around the capital Bamako; the Macina Liberation Front (FLM), part of the Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) coalition of al-Qa'ida-linked terror groups, has played a large role in a surge in violence in Mali’s central and southern regions; in the north, ISIS in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) has regained strength in recent years<br><br>the FAMa and the remainder of the security forces collapsed in 2012 during the fighting against Tuareg rebels and Islamic militants and have since been rebuilt with considerable external assistance, including the EU, France, and the UN; for example, the EU Training Mission in Mali (EUTM) from 2013-2022 trained as many as 15,000 Malian soldiers and eight combined arms battalions/battlegroups (Groupement Tactique InterArmes, GTIA), each of which was structured to be self-sufficient with its own motorized/mechanized infantry, light armor, commandos, artillery, engineers, and other support forces; the EUTM and the French military ended their missions in 2022 citing issues with the ruling military government, including human rights abuses and the presence of Russian private military contractors; the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) operated in the country from 2013-2023 with the mission of providing security, rebuilding Malian security forces, protecting civilians, supporting national political dialogue, and assisting in the reestablishment of Malian government authority; MINUSMA had more than 15,000 personnel at its peak strength and lost over 300 peacekeepers during the course of the mission, which was concluded at the end of 2023 after the ruling junta demanded the withdrawal of foreign forces<br><br>the military government has increased security ties with Russia; Russia has provided military equipment, and in December 2021, Mali contracted with a Russian private military company to provide training and other support for local armed forces, as well as security for senior Malian officials (2024)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -262,8 +262,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "1.1 (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
|
||||
"text": "70.8% (2018)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> does not include data from the former Western Sahara"
|
||||
"text": "70.8% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Drinking water source": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -283,8 +282,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"unimproved: total": {
|
||||
"text": "total: 9% of population (2017 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> does not include data from the former Western Sahara"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current health expenditure": {
|
||||
"text": "5.7% of GDP (2021)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -293,7 +291,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.74 physicians/1,000 population (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2017)",
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> does not include data from the former Western Sahara"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -340,13 +338,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "14.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "12.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "28.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "23.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "0.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -357,10 +355,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "0.5%"
|
||||
"text": "0.5% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "13.7% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "13.7% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -708,7 +706,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "red with a green pentacle (five-pointed, linear star) known as Sulayman's (Solomon's) seal in the center of the flag; red and green are traditional colors in Arab flags, although the use of red is more commonly associated with the Arab states of the Persian Gulf; the pentacle represents the five pillars of Islam and signifies the association between God and the nation; design dates to 1912"
|
||||
"text": "red with a green pentacle (five-pointed linear star) known as Sulayman's (Solomon's) seal in the center of the flag; red and green are traditional colors in Arab flags, although the use of red is more commonly associated with the Arab states of the Persian Gulf; the pentacle represents the five pillars of Islam and signifies the association between God and the nation; the design dates to 1912"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "pentacle symbol, lion; national colors: red, green"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1192,6 +1190,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the Royal Guard is officially part of the Army, but is under the direct operational control of the Royal Military Household of His Majesty the King; it provides for the security and safety of the King and royal family; it was established in the 11th century and is considered one of the world's oldest active units still in military service<strong><br><br></strong><strong>note 2: </strong>the DGSN manages internal law enforcement in cities; the Gendarmerie is responsible for law enforcement in rural regions and on national highways and has a counterterrorism role; the Auxiliary Forces provide support to the Gendarmerie and DGSN "
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "4% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1203,9 +1204,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "4.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "3.4% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "1.44 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "3.7 beds/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
"text": "3.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -313,13 +313,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "20.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "19.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "37.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "37.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -612,8 +612,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow, and green; red represents self-determination and independence, blue the Indian Ocean surrounding the island, yellow has been interpreted as the new light of independence, golden sunshine, or the bright future, and green can symbolize either agriculture or the lush vegetation of the island",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> while many national flags consist of three - and in some cases five - horizontal bands of color, the flag of Mauritius is the world's only national flag to consist of four horizontal color bands"
|
||||
"text": "four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow, and green; red stands for self-determination and independence, blue for the Indian Ocean, yellow for the new light of independence, golden sunshine, or the bright future, and green for agriculture or the island's lush vegetation",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the flag of Mauritius is the only national flag with four horizontal color bands"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "dodo bird, Trochetia Boutoniana flower; national colors: red, blue, yellow, green"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -335,13 +335,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "10.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "19.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "15.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "2.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -352,13 +352,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "15.5%"
|
||||
"text": "15.5% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "36.6%"
|
||||
"text": "36.6% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.2% (2021)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -664,7 +664,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "green with a yellow, five-pointed star between the horns of a yellow, upward-pointing crescent moon; red stripes along the top and bottom edges; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam; green also represents hope for a bright future; the yellow color stands for the sands of the Sahara; red symbolizes the blood shed in the struggle for independence"
|
||||
"text": "green with a five-pointed yellow star between the ends of a yellow, upward-pointing crescent moon and red stripes along the top and bottom edges; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam; green also represents hope for a bright future; the yellow color stands for the sands of the Sahara, and red for blood shed in the fight for independence"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "five-pointed star between the horns of a horizontal crescent moon; national colors: green, yellow"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "44% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "37% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1116,6 +1116,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the National Police are responsible for enforcing the law and maintaining order in urban areas, while the paramilitary Gendarmerie is responsible for maintaining civil order around metropolitan areas and providing law enforcement services in rural areas; like the Mauritanian Armed Forces, the Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense, but also supports the ministries of Interior and Justice<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the National Guard performs a limited police function in keeping with its peacetime role of providing security at government facilities, to include prisons; regional authorities may call upon the National Guard to restore civil order during riots and other large-scale disturbances; the National Guard includes the nomadic Camel Corps or Nomad Group, also known as the Méhariste"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "2.4% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "2.5% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1127,9 +1130,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "2.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "2.1% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.18 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -338,11 +338,22 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
"text": "14.6% (2019/20)"
|
||||
"text": "14.8% (2019/20)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "63.7% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "16.8% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "52.9% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "9.7% (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "6.3% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -647,11 +658,11 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), black, and yellow with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the black band is edged in white; centered in the triangle is a yellow five-pointed star bearing a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book; green represents the riches of the land, white peace, black the African continent, yellow the country's minerals, and red the struggle for independence; the rifle symbolizes defense and vigilance, the hoe refers to the country's agriculture, the open book stresses the importance of education, and the star represents Marxism and internationalism",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of only two national flags featuring a firearm, the other is Guatemala"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of green (top), black, and yellow, with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the black band is edged in white; centered in the triangle is a yellow five-pointed star with a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book; green stands for the riches of the land, white for peace, black for the African continent, yellow for the country's minerals, and red for the fight for independence; the rifle symbolizes defense and vigilance, the hoe refers to the country's agriculture, the open book stresses the importance of education, and the star represents Marxism and internationalism",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of two national flags featuring a firearm; the other is Guatemala"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "national colors: green, black, yellow, white, red; national symbols: rifle, hoe, and book "
|
||||
"text": "national symbols: rifle, hoe, and book; national colors: green, black, yellow, white, red"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"name": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1076,7 +1087,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "21% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "0.3 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -327,13 +327,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "7.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "13.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "13.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -567,7 +567,25 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> deposed president BAZOUM has been under house arrest since a military coup on 26 July 2023"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Legislative branch": {
|
||||
"text": "<strong>Note:</strong> on 26 July 2023, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a military junta which took control of Niger's government, dissolved the National Assembly; a commission recommended to the junta in February 2025 a minimum of a five-year transition to democratic rule"
|
||||
"legislature name": {
|
||||
"text": "Advisory Council for the Refoundation (Conseil consultatif de la refondation)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"legislative structure": {
|
||||
"text": "unicameral"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"number of seats": {
|
||||
"text": "194 (all appointed)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electoral system": {
|
||||
"text": "mixed system"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"scope of elections": {
|
||||
"text": "full renewal"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
"text": "5/1/2025"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>Note:</strong> on 26 July 2023, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a military junta which took control of Niger's government, dissolved the National Assembly; a commission recommended to the junta in February 2025 a minimum of a five-year transition to democratic rule"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Judicial branch": {
|
||||
"highest court(s)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -625,7 +643,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green with a small orange disk centered in the white band; the orange band denotes the drier northern regions of the Sahara; white stands for purity and innocence; green symbolizes hope and the fertile and productive southern and western areas, as well as the Niger River; the orange disc represents the sun and the sacrifices made by the people",
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green, with a small orange disk centered in the white band; the orange stands for the northern Sahara regions, white for purity and innocence, and green for hope and the fertile and productive southern and western areas, as well as the Niger River; the orange disc represents the sun and the people's sacrifices ",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of India, which has a blue spoked wheel centered in the white band"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1029,7 +1047,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "17% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "23% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1081,6 +1099,9 @@
|
|||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for selective compulsory or voluntary military service for unmarried men and women; 24-month service term (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military deployments": {
|
||||
"text": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced they were forming joint force of 5,000 troops to combat extremist groups in the Sahel"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "the military seized control of the government in 2023; since its establishment in 1960-61, it has played a significant role in the country’s politics, attempting coups in 1974, 1996, 1999, 2010, and 2021, and ruling Niger for much of the period before 1999<br><br>while the FAN is responsible for ensuring external security, most of its focus is on internal counterinsurgency/counterterrorism operations against terrorist groups operating in the areas bordering Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, and Nigeria, as well as much of northern Niger and the Diffa and Lake Chad regions; these groups include the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), Boko Haram, ISIS-West Africa, and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)<br><br>since the 2010s, Niger has placed considerable emphasis on improving the effectiveness and mobility of its security forces for countering terrorism and protecting the country’s borders; with training support and material assistance from the US and the EU, each security service has created new units or reconfigured existing units with an emphasis on mobility, hybridization, and specialized training; the Army has established a special operations command, several special intervention battalions, and an anti-terrorism unit known as the 1st Expeditionary Force of Niger (EFoN); the National Gendarmerie has created mobile units modeled on European gendarmerie forces known as the Rapid Action Group—Surveillance and Response in the Sahel (Groupe d'action Rapides—Surveillance et Intervention au Sahel or GAR-SI Sahel); the National Guard (GNN) has established mobile Multipurpose Squadrons (Escadrons Polyvalentes de la Garde Nationale de Niger or EP-GNN), while the National Police have created Mobile Border Control Companies (Compagnie Mobile de Contrôle des Frontières or CMCF); Niger has also established training centers for special forces in Tillia and peacekeeping in Ouallam; meanwhile, the Air Force has received armed UAVs from Turkey (2024)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -332,13 +332,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "3.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "6.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "0.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -349,13 +349,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "12.3%"
|
||||
"text": "12.3% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "30.3%"
|
||||
"text": "30.3% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.6% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> due to prolonged insecurity concerns, some parts of states, including Borno state, were not sampled"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -684,7 +684,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green; the color green represents the forests and abundant natural wealth of the country, white stands for peace and unity"
|
||||
"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green; the color green stands for the country's forests and natural resources, and white for peace and unity"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "eagle; national colors: green, white"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "information varies; estimated 150,000 active Armed Forces (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "the military's inventory consists of a wide variety of imported weapons systems of Chinese, European, Middle Eastern, Russian (including Soviet-era), and US origin; the military is undergoing a modernization program, and in recent years has received equipment from a range of suppliers, including Brazil, China, France, Italy, Russia, Turkey, and the US; Nigeria is also developing a defense-industry capacity, including small arms, armored personnel vehicles, and small-scale naval production (2024)"
|
||||
"text": "the military's inventory consists of a wide variety of imported weapons systems of Chinese, European, Middle Eastern, Russian (including Soviet-era), and US origin; the military is undergoing a modernization program, and in recent years has received equipment from a range of suppliers, including Brazil, China, France, Italy, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, and the US; Nigeria is also developing a defense-industry capacity, including small arms, armored personnel vehicles, and small-scale naval production (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2023)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -293,9 +293,6 @@
|
|||
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
|
||||
"text": "6.6% (2014)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
"text": "NA"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "72% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -584,8 +581,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side contains a gold, five-pointed star; black represents the people of South Sudan, red the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green the verdant land, and blue the waters of the Nile; the gold star represents the unity of the states making up South Sudan",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> resembles the flag of Kenya; one of only two national flags to display six colors as part of its primary design, the other is South Africa's"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side has a gold, five-pointed star; black stands for the people, red for the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green for the land, and blue for the Nile; the gold star represents the unity of the country's states",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> resembles the flag of Kenya; South Sudan has one of two national flags that display six colors as part of the primary design -- the other is South Africa's"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "African fish eagle; national colors: red, green, blue, yellow, black, white"
|
||||
|
|
@ -968,8 +965,11 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the NUF are being formed by retraining rebel and pro-government militia fighters into military, police, and other government security forces; the first operational NUF deployed in November 2023<strong><br><br>note 2:</strong> numerous irregular forces operate in the country with official knowledge, including militias operated by the National Security Service (an internal security force under the Ministry of National Security) and proxy forces"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "2.5% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -979,9 +979,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "3.1% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2018": {
|
||||
"text": "3.2% of GDP (2018 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -313,13 +313,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "17% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "13.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -330,13 +330,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "8.1%"
|
||||
"text": "8.1% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "25.7%"
|
||||
"text": "25.7% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "2.2% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.2% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -606,8 +606,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed star centered in the red band; yellow symbolizes the sun; green denotes hope; red represents blood shed during the struggle for independence; the black star stands for African unity",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the flag design was heavily influenced by the Ghanaian flag"
|
||||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a vertical red band on the hoist side; a black five-pointed star is centered in the red band; yellow stands for the sun, green for hope, red for blood shed during the struggle for independence; the black star stands for African unity",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the Ghanaian flag heavily influenced the design"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "black star; national colors: red, yellow, green, black"
|
||||
|
|
@ -969,7 +969,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "32% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "33% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1026,20 +1026,20 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Public Order Police is responsible for maintaining law and order, while the Judicial Police, under the Ministry of Justice, has primary responsibility for investigating drug trafficking, terrorism, and other transnational crimes"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.7% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.9% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 89.1% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -325,13 +328,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "13.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "20.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "17% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "7.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -341,8 +344,14 @@
|
|||
"text": "50.4% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "0.3% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5.5% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4% (2020)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -672,7 +681,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three horizontal bands of sky blue (top, double width), yellow, and green, with a golden sun with 24 rays near the fly end of the blue band; blue represents happiness and peace, yellow economic development and mineral wealth, green hope of prosperity and natural resources; the sun symbolizes unity, as well as enlightenment and transparency from ignorance"
|
||||
"text": "three horizontal bands of sky blue (top, double-width), yellow, and green, with a golden sun with 24 rays near the fly end of the blue band; blue stands for happiness and peace, yellow for economic development and mineral wealth, and green for hope for prosperity and natural resources; the sun symbolizes unity and enlightenment"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "traditional woven basket with peaked lid; national colors: blue, yellow, green"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "2.25 physicians/1,000 population (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "3.6 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
|
||||
"text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -313,13 +313,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "20.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "34% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "34.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "6.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "five oblique bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, red, white, and green (bottom) radiating from the bottom of the hoist side; the oblique bands are meant to symbolize a dynamic new country moving into the future; blue represents sky and sea, yellow the sun giving light and life, red the peoples' determination to work for the future in unity and love, white social justice and harmony, and green the land and natural environment"
|
||||
"text": "five oblique bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, red, white, and green (bottom), radiating from the bottom of the hoist side; the bands symbolize a dynamic new country moving into the future; blue stands for the sky and sea, yellow for the sun giving light and life, red for the people's determination to work for the future in unity and love, white for social justice and harmony, and green for the land and natural environment"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "coco de mer (sea coconut); national colors: blue, yellow, red, white, green"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -334,30 +334,30 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "20.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "34% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "35.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "6.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
"text": "5.5% (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "4.9% (2017)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "36.9% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9%"
|
||||
"text": "0.9% (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "3.6%"
|
||||
"text": "3.6% (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% (2016 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.6% (2016)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "5/29/2024"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percentage of women in chamber": {
|
||||
"text": "44.8%"
|
||||
"text": "44.7%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"expected date of next election": {
|
||||
"text": "May 2029"
|
||||
|
|
@ -690,8 +690,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "two equal width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band that splits into a horizontal Y, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side; the Y embraces a black isosceles triangle from which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes; the flag colors do not have any official symbolism, but the Y stands for the \"convergence of diverse elements within South African society, taking the road ahead in unity\"; black, yellow, and green are found on the flag of the African National Congress, while red, white, and blue are the colors in the flags of the Netherlands and the UK, whose settlers ruled South Africa during the colonial era",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the South African flag is one of only two national flags to display six colors as part of its primary design, the other is South Sudan's"
|
||||
"text": "two equal-width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band that splits into a horizontal Y; a black isosceles triangle is in the Y, with narrow yellow bands around it; the red and blue bands are bordered by narrow white stripes; the colors have no official meaning, but the Y stands for \"the convergence of diverse elements within South African society, taking the road ahead in unity\"",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> South Africa has one of two national flags that display six colors as part of the primary design -- the other is South Sudan's"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "springbok (antelope), king protea flower; national colors: red, green, blue, yellow, black, white"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -287,6 +287,9 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.11 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 94.1% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -329,13 +332,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "6.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "13.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "10.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -346,13 +349,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "8.8%"
|
||||
"text": "8.8% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "30.5%"
|
||||
"text": "30.5% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.7% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -654,8 +657,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; green represents Islam, progress, and hope; yellow signifies natural wealth and progress; red symbolizes sacrifice and determination; the star denotes unity and hope",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as those of neighboring Mali and the reverse of those on the flag of neighboring Guinea"
|
||||
"text": "three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red, with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; green stands for Islam, progress, and hope, yellow for natural wealth and progress, and red for sacrifice and determination; the star represents unity and hope",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as Mali's flag and the reverse of Guinea's flag"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "lion; national colors: green, yellow, red"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1062,7 +1065,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "60% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "61% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -277,9 +277,6 @@
|
|||
"text": "total: 0% of population (2020)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
"text": "NA"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Literacy": {
|
||||
"total population": {
|
||||
"text": "NA"
|
||||
|
|
@ -428,16 +425,16 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the upper third of the shield depicts a white plover (wire bird) on a yellow field; the remainder of the shield depicts a rocky coastline on the left, offshore is a three-masted sailing ship with sails furled but flying an English flag"
|
||||
"text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the upper third of the shield depicts a white plover on a yellow field; the rest of the shield depicts a rocky coastline and a three-masted sailing ship with sails furled and flying an English flag"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Saint Helena plover (wire bird)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"text": "<p><strong>note:</strong> as an overseas territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "The coat of arms of Saint Helena was officially granted on January 30, 1984. The national bird, the Saint Helena plover (<em>Charadrius sanctaehelenae</em>), is at the top of the shield. The lower part of the shield shows a three-masted sailing ship with the mountainous island to the left. Below the shield is a scroll with the motto “Loyal and unshakable.” The crest shows an image of Saint Helena, holding a cross and a flower."
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"text": "<p><strong>note:</strong> as an overseas territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)</p>"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -323,13 +323,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "13.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "9.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "20.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "14.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "6.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -340,13 +340,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "8.6%"
|
||||
"text": "8.6% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "29.6%"
|
||||
"text": "29.6% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "4.1% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.1% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light blue; green symbolizes agriculture, mountains, and natural resources, white represents unity and justice, and blue the sea and the natural harbor in Freetown"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light blue; green stands for agriculture, mountains, and natural resources, white for unity and justice, and blue for the sea and the natural harbor in Freetown"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "lion; national colors: green, white, blue"
|
||||
|
|
@ -989,7 +989,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "30% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "21% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2014)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -319,17 +319,6 @@
|
|||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "62.9% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "16.8%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "35.5%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "5.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "0.3% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -628,7 +617,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center; the blue field was originally influenced by the flag of the UN but today is said to denote the sky and the neighboring Indian Ocean; the five points of the star represent the five regions in the horn of Africa that are inhabited by Somali people: the former British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland (which together make up Somalia), Djibouti, Ogaden (Ethiopia), and the North East Province (Kenya)"
|
||||
"text": "light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center; the blue field was originally influenced by the UN flag but today is said to represent the sky and the Indian Ocean; the five points of the star represent the regions in the horn of Africa where Somali people live: the former British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland (which together make up Somalia), Djibouti, Ogaden (Ethiopia), and the Northeast Province (Kenya)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "leopard; national colors: blue, white"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1013,7 +1002,7 @@
|
|||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
"Military and security forces": {
|
||||
"text": "Somali Armed Forces (SAF; aka Somali Defense Force): Somali National Army (SNA; aka Land Forces), Somali Navy, Somali Air Force<br><br>Ministry of Internal Security: Somali National Police (SNP, includes Coast Guard, commando unit) (2024)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> Somalia has numerous militia (\"macawisley\") and regional/state forces operating throughout the country; these forces include ones that are clan- and warlord-based, semi-official paramilitary and special police forces (\"darwish\"), and externally sponsored militias<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>Somaliland and Puntland have separate military, security, and paramilitary forces"
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> Somalia has numerous militia (\"ma’awisley\") and regional/state forces operating throughout the country; these forces include ones that are clan- and warlord-based, semi-official paramilitary and special police forces (\"darwish\"), and externally sponsored militias<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>Somaliland and Puntland have separate military, security, and paramilitary forces"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.25 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -601,7 +601,7 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum suspended operations (to include visa, passport, and other routine consular services) on 22 April 2023"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; colors and design based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I, but the meanings of the colors are expressed as follows: red signifies the struggle for freedom, white is the color of peace, light, and love, black represents the people of Sudan (in Arabic 'Sudan' means black), green is the color of Islam, agriculture, and prosperity"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black, with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; colors and design based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I; red stands for the struggle for freedom, white for peace, light, and love, black for the people, and green for Islam, agriculture, and prosperity"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "secretary bird; national colors: red, white, black, green"
|
||||
|
|
@ -994,7 +994,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "29% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "26% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1059,8 +1059,8 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
"Military and security forces": {
|
||||
"text": "Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Ground Force (Sudanese Army), Sudanese Navy, Sudanese Air Force; Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Border Guards<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Sudan Police Forces (SPF), Central Reserve Police (CRP) (2024)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the RSF is a semi-autonomous paramilitary force formed in 2013 to fight armed rebel groups in Sudan, with Mohammed Hamdan DAGALO (aka Hemeti) as its commander; it was initially placed under the National Intelligence and Security Service, then came under the direct command of former president Omar al-BASHIR, who boosted the RSF as his own personal security force; as a result, the RSF was better funded and equipped than the regular armed forces; the RSF has since recruited from all parts of Sudan beyond its original Darfuri Arab groups but remains under the personal patronage and control of DAGALO; the RSF has participated in military operations in Yemen, Darfur, South Kordofan, and the Blue Nile State; it has also been used to respond to anti-regime demonstrations; the RSF has been accused of committing human rights abuses against civilians and is reportedly involved in business enterprises, such as gold mining<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Central Reserve Police (aka Abu Tira) is a combat-trained paramilitary force that has been used against demonstrators and sanctioned by the US for human rights abuses"
|
||||
"text": "Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Ground Force (Sudanese Army), Sudanese Navy, Sudanese Air Force; Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Border Guards<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Sudan Police Forces (SPF), Central Reserve Police (CRP) (2025)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the RSF is a semi-autonomous paramilitary force formed in 2013 to fight armed rebel groups in Sudan, with Mohammed Hamdan DAGALO (aka Hemeti) as its commander; it was initially placed under the National Intelligence and Security Service, then came under the direct command of former president Omar al-BASHIR, who boosted the RSF as his own personal security force; as a result, the RSF was better funded and equipped than the regular armed forces; the RSF has since recruited from all parts of Sudan beyond its original Darfuri Arab groups but remains under the personal patronage and control of DAGALO; the RSF has participated in military operations in Yemen, Darfur, South Kordofan, and the Blue Nile State; it has also been used to respond to anti-regime demonstrations; the RSF has been accused of committing human rights abuses against civilians and is reportedly involved in business enterprises, such as gold mining<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Central Reserve Police (aka Abu Tira) is a combat-trained paramilitary force that has been used against demonstrators and sanctioned by the US for human rights abuses<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> there are also numerous armed militias operating in Sudan"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
|
||||
"text": "0.6 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -321,13 +321,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "6.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "12.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "9.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -338,13 +338,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "6.4%"
|
||||
"text": "6.4% (2017)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "24.8%"
|
||||
"text": "24.8% (2017)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "2.6% (2017 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.6% (2017)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -674,8 +674,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; a white five-pointed star on a red square is in the upper hoist-side corner; the five horizontal stripes stand for the five different regions of the country; the red square is meant to express the loyalty and patriotism of the people, green symbolizes hope, fertility, and agriculture, while yellow represents mineral wealth and faith that hard work and strength will bring prosperity; the star symbolizes life, purity, peace, dignity, and Togo's independence",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
|
||||
"text": "five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; a white five-pointed star on a red square is in the upper hoist-side corner; the five horizontal stripes stand for the country's regions; red stands for the people's loyalty and patriotism, green for hope, fertility, and agriculture, and yellow for mineral wealth and faith that hard work and strength will bring prosperity; the star symbolizes life, purity, peace, dignity, and national independence",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "lion; national colors: green, yellow, red, white"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1146,16 +1146,16 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "2.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "2.1% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
"text": "1.9% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "2.6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.46 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
|
||||
"text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -313,13 +313,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "5.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "10.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "13.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -330,13 +330,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "5.4%"
|
||||
"text": "5.4% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "28%"
|
||||
"text": "28% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "3.1% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.1% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -609,8 +609,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double width), and green with two black five-pointed stars placed side by side in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; green stands for the country's rich vegetation, red recalls the struggle for independence, and yellow represents cocoa, one of the country's main agricultural products; the two stars symbolize the two main islands",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
|
||||
"text": "three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double-width), and green with two black five-pointed stars in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; green stands for the country's rich vegetation, red for the struggle for independence, and yellow for cocoa, one of the country's main agricultural products; the two stars symbolize the main islands",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "palm tree; national colors: green, yellow, red, black"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "1.32 physicians/1,000 population (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "2.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -325,13 +325,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "24.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "19% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "47.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "37.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -342,7 +342,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "0% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -662,8 +668,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "red with a white disk in the center bearing a red crescent nearly encircling a red five-pointed star; resembles the Ottoman flag (red banner with white crescent and star) and recalls Tunisia's history as part of the Ottoman Empire; red represents the blood shed by martyrs in the struggle against oppression, white stands for peace; the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the flag is based on that of Turkey, itself a successor state to the Ottoman Empire"
|
||||
"text": "red with a white disk in the center with a red crescent around a five-pointed red star; resembles the Ottoman flag (red banner with white crescent and star), a reference to Tunisia's history as part of the Ottoman Empire; red stands for martyrs' blood shed the fight against oppression, and white for peace; the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "encircled red crescent moon and five-pointed star; national colors: red, white"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1167,6 +1172,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police has primary responsibility for law enforcement in the major cities, while the National Guard (gendarmerie) oversees border security and patrols smaller towns and rural areas"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "2.5% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "2.5% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1178,9 +1186,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "3% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "3.8% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
"text": "0.6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -338,13 +338,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "8.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "14% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "3.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -355,13 +355,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "5.2%"
|
||||
"text": "5.2% (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "30.5%"
|
||||
"text": "29.1% (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "3.9% (2016 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.5% (2022)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -677,7 +677,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is blue; the banner combines colors found on the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; green represents the natural vegetation of the country, gold its rich mineral deposits, black the native Swahili people, and blue the country's many lakes and rivers, as well as the Indian Ocean"
|
||||
"text": "divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green, and the lower is blue; combines colors from the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; green stands for natural vegetation, gold for rich mineral deposits, black for the Swahili people, and blue for lakes and rivers, as well as the Indian Ocean"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Uhuru (Freedom) torch, giraffe; national colors: green, yellow, blue, black"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -275,9 +275,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.5 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 67.3% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -320,13 +317,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "8.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "13% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "3.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -337,13 +334,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "7.3%"
|
||||
"text": "7.3% (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "34%"
|
||||
"text": "34% (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "5.5% (2016 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5.5% (2016)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -633,7 +630,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a grey crowned crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side; black symbolizes the African people, yellow sunshine and vitality, red African brotherhood; the crane was the military badge of Ugandan soldiers under the UK"
|
||||
"text": "six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is at the center and shows a grey crowned crane (the national symbol); black stands for the African people, yellow for sunshine and vitality, and red for African brotherhood"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "grey crowned crane; national colors: black, yellow, red"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1057,7 +1054,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "10% (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "15% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.15 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
"text": "0.2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -318,13 +318,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "14.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "12.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "22.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "6.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -333,6 +333,17 @@
|
|||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "73.5% (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "8.9% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "51.3% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "5.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1056,6 +1067,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the National Gendarmerie is under the Ministry of Defense, but usually operates in support of the Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization, and Security; the Gendarmerie's primary mission is counterterrorism<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the VDP is a lightly armed civilian defense/militia force established in 2019 to act as auxiliaries to the Army; the volunteers receive two weeks of training and typically assist with carrying out surveillance, information-gathering, and escort duties, as well as local defense; they are based in each of the country's more than 300 municipalities"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "4.5% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1067,9 +1081,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "2.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "2.2% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1083,6 +1094,9 @@
|
|||
"text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; citizens 18-77 years of age are eligible to volunteer for the VDP (2023)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the military government implemented an emergency law in 2023 that allows the president extensive powers to combat terrorist groups operating in the country, including conscripting citizens into the security services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military deployments": {
|
||||
"text": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2024, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced they were forming joint force of 5,000 troops to combat extremist groups in the Sahel"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "the FABF has a history of interference in the country’s politics, having conducted eight coups since its formation in 1960-61, including the most recent in September 2022; several combat units were disbanded in 2011 following mutinies; while the FABF is responsible for external defense, it has an internal security role and can be called out to assist internal security forces in restoring public order, combating crime, securing the border, and counterterrorism; indeed, for more than a decade, its focus has largely been internal counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations, and it is actively engaged in combat operations against terrorist groups affiliated with al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), particularly in the northern and eastern regions<br><br>in the north, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups that act as al-Qa'ida in the Land of the Islamic Magreb's (AQIM) arm in the Sahel, has exploited ethnic tensions and perceptions of state neglect, as well as grievances over corruption, patronage politics, social stratification, and land disputes; in 2024, JNIM was active in nearly all of the country's 13 provinces; the ISIS-Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) terrorist group operates in the eastern part of the country (2024)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -286,9 +286,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.55 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.7 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 70.6% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -331,13 +328,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "15.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "24.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -667,7 +664,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "a wide red stripe edged by narrow white stripes divides the flag diagonally from lower hoist corner to upper fly corner; the upper hoist-side triangle is blue and charged with a golden-yellow, 12-rayed sunburst; the lower fly-side triangle is green; red signifies the heroism of the people and their determination to build a future of equal opportunity for all; white stands for peace, unity, tranquility, and harmony; blue represents the Namibian sky and the Atlantic Ocean, the country's precious water resources and rain; the golden-yellow sun denotes power and existence; green symbolizes vegetation and agricultural resources"
|
||||
"text": "a wide red stripe edged with narrow white stripes divides the flag diagonally from lower hoist corner to upper fly corner; the upper triangle is blue and has a golden-yellow, 12-rayed sunburst, and the lower triangle is green; red stands for the heroism of the people and their determination to build a future of equal opportunity; white stands for peace, unity, tranquility, and harmony; blue stands for the sky and the Atlantic Ocean, the sun for power and existence, and green for vegetation and agricultural resources"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "oryx (antelope); national colors: blue, red, green, white, yellow"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -263,9 +263,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.56 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.1 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 92.3% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -308,18 +305,29 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "9.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "16.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "16.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "37.1% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "0.1% (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.9% (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "0% (2022)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "5% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -635,11 +643,14 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width), and blue; the red band is edged in yellow; centered in the red band is a large black and white shield covering two spears and a staff decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally; blue stands for peace and stability, red represents past struggles, and yellow the mineral resources of the country; the shield, spears, and staff symbolize protection from the country's enemies, while the black and white of the shield are meant to portray black and white people living in peaceful coexistence"
|
||||
"text": "three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple-width), and blue; the red band is edged in yellow, with a large black-and-white shield in the center and covering two horizontal spears and a staff with feather tassels; blue stands for peace and stability, red for past struggles, and yellow for the mineral resources of the country; the shield, spears, and staff symbolize protection from enemies, and the shield colors stand for ethnic groups living in peaceful coexistence"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "lion, elephant; national colors: blue, yellow, red"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "Eswatini’s national coat of arms was adopted in 1968 after it gained independence from the United Kingdom. Two national symbols, the lion (representing the king of Eswatini) and the elephant (representing the queen mother), support a traditional Nguni shield. Above the shield is the king's lidlabe, or crown of feathers, and at the bottom is Eswatini's motto, “Siyinqaba,” or \"We are the fortress.”"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"name": {
|
||||
"text": "\"Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati\" (Oh God, Bestower of the Blessings of the Swazi)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -648,9 +659,6 @@
|
|||
"text": "Andrease Enoke Fanyana SIMELANE/David Kenneth RYCROFT"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1968; uses elements of both ethnic Swazi and Western music styles"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "Eswatini’s national coat of arms was adopted in 1968 after it gained independence from the United Kingdom. Two national symbols, the lion (representing the king of Eswatini) and the elephant (representing the queen mother), support a traditional Nguni shield. Above the shield is the king's lidlabe, or crown of feathers, and at the bottom is Eswatini's motto, “Siyinqaba,” or \"We are the fortress.”"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1064,8 +1072,11 @@
|
|||
"text": "Umbutfo Eswatini Defense Force (UEDF): Army (includes a small air wing); the Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1075,9 +1086,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.9% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -282,9 +282,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.32 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "2 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 76.3% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -327,13 +324,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "14.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "25.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "21.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "3.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -344,13 +341,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "5.2%"
|
||||
"text": "5.2% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "29%"
|
||||
"text": "29% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "2.8% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.8% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -640,7 +637,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "green field with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of the flag; green stands for the country's natural resources and vegetation, red symbolizes the struggle for freedom, black the people of Zambia, and orange the country's mineral wealth; the eagle represents the people's ability to rise above the nation's problems"
|
||||
"text": "green field with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and orange, below a soaring orange eagle on the outer edge of the flag; green stands for the country's natural resources and vegetation, red for the struggle for freedom, black for the people, and orange for the country's mineral wealth; the eagle represents the people's ability to rise above the nation's problems"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "African fish eagle; national colors: green, red, black, orange"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -277,9 +277,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 96.1% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -322,13 +319,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "11.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "21.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "17.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -339,13 +336,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "5.4%"
|
||||
"text": "5.4% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "33.7%"
|
||||
"text": "33.7% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.9% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.9% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -683,7 +680,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "seven equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in black with its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird representing the long history of the country is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes peace; green represents agriculture, yellow mineral wealth, red the blood shed to achieve independence, and black stands for the native people"
|
||||
"text": "seven equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green, with a white isosceles triangle edged in black with its base on the hoist side; a yellow bird representing the long history of the country is on top of a five-pointed red star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes peace; green stands for agriculture, yellow for mineral wealth, red for the blood shed to achieve independence, and black for the people"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Zimbabwe bird symbol, African fish eagle, flame lily; national colors: green, yellow, red, black, white"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "4.09 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "3.8 beds/1,000 population (2016)"
|
||||
"text": "3.8 beds/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -342,13 +342,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "13.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "15.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "13.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "11.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "9.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -595,16 +595,13 @@
|
|||
"text": "3 years"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
"text": "5/21/2022"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"parties elected and seats per party": {
|
||||
"text": "Australian Labor Party (ALP) (77); Liberal National coalition (58); Independents (10); Other (6)"
|
||||
"text": "5/3/2025"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percentage of women in chamber": {
|
||||
"text": "39.1%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"expected date of next election": {
|
||||
"text": "May 2025"
|
||||
"text": "May 2028"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Legislative branch - upper chamber": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -624,16 +621,13 @@
|
|||
"text": "6 years"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
"text": "5/21/2022"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"parties elected and seats per party": {
|
||||
"text": "Australian Labor Party (ALP) (15); Liberal (7); The Greens (6); Liberal/Nationals (5); Liberal National Party of Queensland (2); Other (5)"
|
||||
"text": "5/3/2025"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percentage of women in chamber": {
|
||||
"text": "56.6%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"expected date of next election": {
|
||||
"text": "May 2025"
|
||||
"text": "May 2028"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Judicial branch": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -703,6 +697,9 @@
|
|||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Commonwealth Star (seven-pointed Star of Federation), golden wattle tree (Acacia pycnantha), kangaroo, emu; national colors: green, gold"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "King George V granted the current Commonwealth Coat of Arms to Australia on 19 September 1912. The center of the shield has the symbols of Australia’s six states. The kangaroo and the emu symbolize a nation moving forward, since neither animal can move backward easily. The gold Commonwealth Star sits above the shield, with six of the star’s points representing the Australian states and the seventh point representing the territories. The gold and blue in the wreath under the star are the livery, or identifying, colors for the coat of arms. Australia’s floral emblem, the golden wattle, frames the shield."
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"name": {
|
||||
"text": "Advance Australia Fair"
|
||||
|
|
@ -719,9 +716,6 @@
|
|||
"selected World Heritage Site locales": {
|
||||
"text": "Great Barrier Reef (n); Greater Blue Mountains Area (n); Fraser Island (n); Gondwana Rainforests (n); Lord Howe Island Group (n); Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (c); Shark Bay (n); Sydney Opera House (c); Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park (m); Kakadu National Park (m)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "King George V granted the current Commonwealth Coat of Arms to Australia on 19 September 1912. The center of the shield has the symbols of Australia’s six states. The kangaroo and the emu symbolize a nation moving forward, since neither animal can move backward easily. The gold Commonwealth Star sits above the shield, with six of the star’s points representing the Australian states and the seventh point representing the territories. The gold and blue in the wreath under the star are the livery, or identifying, colors for the coat of arms. Australia’s floral emblem, the golden wattle, frames the shield."
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1204,20 +1198,20 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Australian Federal Police (AFP) is an independent agency of the Attorney-General’s Department; the AFP, state, and territorial police forces are responsible for internal security; the Australian Border Force (ABF) is under the Department of Home Affairs"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2022)"
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2021)"
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
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|||
|
|
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|
|||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Communications": {
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transportation": {
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -270,9 +270,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.24 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 95.6% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -315,13 +312,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "36.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "36.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "53.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "54.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "19.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "18.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -330,6 +327,17 @@
|
|||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "64.1% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "5.6% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "21.3% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "4.4% (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "12.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -585,7 +593,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue with five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green; blue represents the ocean, green the land, and yellow sunshine; the five stars stand for the five main island groups of the Solomon Islands"
|
||||
"text": "divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue with five white five-pointed stars in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green; blue stands for the ocean, green for the land, and yellow for sunshine; the five stars stand for the main island groups"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "national colors: blue, yellow, green, white"
|
||||
|
|
@ -945,7 +953,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "45% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "43% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "blue with a white, five-pointed star superimposed on a gray latte stone (the traditional foundation stone used in building) in the center, surrounded by a mwáár or head lei (wreath); blue symbolizes the Pacific Ocean, the star represents the Commonwealth; the Chamorro latte stone and the Carolinian mwáár (head lei) represent elements of Marianas culture; the mwáár is composed of the flowers from four flowering plants: flores mayo (<em>Plumeria</em>), ylang-ylang or langilang (<em>Cananga odorata</em>), angagha or peacock flower (<em>Caesalpinia pulcherrima</em>), and teibwo or Pacific basil (<em>Ocimum tenuiflorum</em>)"
|
||||
"text": "blue with a five-pointed white star on a gray latte stone (a traditional foundation stone) in the center, surrounded by a <em>mwáár </em>or head lei (wreath); blue stands for the Pacific Ocean, the star for the Commonwealth, and the latte stone and mwáár for Marianas culture; the mwáár is made from four kinds of flowers: flores mayo (<em>Plumeria</em>), ylang-ylang or langilang (<em>Cananga odorata</em>), angagha or peacock flower (<em>Caesalpinia pulcherrima</em>), and teibwo or Pacific basil (<em>Ocimum tenuiflorum</em>)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "latte stone; national colors: blue, white"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -136,8 +136,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Communications": {
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transportation": {
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -260,6 +260,9 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.67 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "8.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: NA"
|
||||
|
|
@ -302,13 +305,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "24% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "24% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "27.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "28.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "20.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.81 physicians/1,000 population (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "2 beds/1,000 population (2016)"
|
||||
"text": "1.9 beds/1,000 population (2017 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -315,13 +315,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "23.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "26.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "35.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "40.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "10.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "12.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -332,13 +332,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "0.2%"
|
||||
"text": "0.2% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "4%"
|
||||
"text": "4% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.7% (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.7% (2021)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -615,7 +615,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the blue symbolizes the Pacific Ocean and the Union Jack reflects the links with Great Britain; the shield - taken from Fiji's coat of arms - depicts a yellow lion, holding a coconut pod between its paws, above a white field quartered by the cross of Saint George; the four quarters depict stalks of sugarcane, a palm tree, a banana bunch, and a white dove of peace"
|
||||
"text": "light blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; blue symbolizes the Pacific Ocean; the shield is taken from Fiji's coat of arms and shows a yellow lion holding a coconut above a white field quartered by the cross of Saint George; the four quarters depict sugarcane, a palm tree, a banana bunch, and a white dove"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Fijian canoe; national color: light blue"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1078,6 +1078,9 @@
|
|||
"text": "Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Force, Republic of Fiji Navy (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1.1% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1089,9 +1092,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -251,9 +251,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.97 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: NA"
|
||||
|
|
@ -487,19 +484,19 @@
|
|||
"text": "plurality/majority"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"scope of elections": {
|
||||
"text": "full renewal"
|
||||
"text": "partial renewal"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"term in office": {
|
||||
"text": "2 years"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
"text": "3/7/2023"
|
||||
"text": "3/4/2025"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percentage of women in chamber": {
|
||||
"text": "21.4%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"expected date of next election": {
|
||||
"text": "March 2025"
|
||||
"text": "March 2027"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Judicial branch": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -560,7 +557,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "light blue with four white five-pointed stars centered; the stars are arranged in a diamond pattern; blue symbolizes the Pacific Ocean, the stars represent the four island groups of Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap"
|
||||
"text": "light blue with four white five-pointed stars centered and arranged in a diamond pattern; blue stands for the Pacific Ocean, and the stars for the four island groups of Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "four, five-pointed, white stars on a light blue field, hibiscus flower; national colors: light blue, white"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "two red horizontal bands encase a wide white band in a 1:2:1 ratio; centered on the white band is a disk with a blue and white wave pattern depicting the sea on the lower half and a gold and white ray pattern depicting the sun on the upper half; a Polynesian canoe rides on the wave pattern; the canoe has a crew of five represented by five stars that symbolize the five island groups; red and white are traditional Polynesian colors",
|
||||
"text": "two red horizontal bands flank a wide white band in a 1:2:1 ratio; centered on the white band is a disk with a blue-and-white wave pattern depicting the sea on the lower half and a gold-and-white ray pattern depicting the sun on the upper half; a Polynesian canoe on the disk has a crew of five, represented by five stars that also symbolize the five island groups; red and white are traditional Polynesian colors",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> identical to the red-white-red flag of Tahiti, the largest and most populous of the islands in French Polynesia, but which has no emblem in the white band; the flag of France is used for official occasions"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, a proa or outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; the proa is sailing in Agana Bay with the promontory of Puntan Dos Amantes, near the capital, in the background; the shape of the central emblem is that of a Chamorro sling stone, used as a weapon for defense or hunting; blue represents the sea and red the blood shed in the struggle against oppression",
|
||||
"text": "territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, a <em>proa (</em>outrigger canoe with sail), and a palm tree; the word GUAM in red is centered in the ellipse; the proa is sailing in Agana Bay with the promontory of Puntan Dos Amantes in the background; the central emblem is shaped like a Chamorro sling stone, a weapon for defense or hunting; blue stands for the sea and red for the blood shed in the fight against oppression",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the US flag is the national flag"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.9 beds/1,000 population (2016)"
|
||||
"text": "1.9 beds/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -315,13 +315,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "40.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "35.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "53.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "48.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "27.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "23.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -332,13 +332,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "2.4%"
|
||||
"text": "2.4% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "18.4%"
|
||||
"text": "18.4% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "8.6% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.6% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>Note</strong>: the US does not have an embassy in Kiribati but has announced its intention to open an embassy"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "the upper half is red with a yellow frigatebird flying over a yellow rising sun, and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the Pacific ocean; the white stripes represent the three island groups - the Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix Islands; the 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (formerly Ocean Island); the frigatebird symbolizes authority and freedom"
|
||||
"text": "the upper half is red with a yellow frigatebird flying over a yellow rising sun, and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the Pacific ocean; the white stripes represent the Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix island groups; the 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (formerly Ocean Island); the frigatebird symbolizes authority and freedom"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "frigatebird; national colors: red, white, blue, yellow"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -487,10 +487,10 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "New Caledonia has two official flags; alongside the flag of France, the Kanak (indigenous Melanesian) flag has equal status; the latter consists of three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a large yellow disk - diameter two-thirds the height of the flag - shifted slightly to the hoist side is edged in black and displays a black fleche faitiere symbol, a native rooftop adornment"
|
||||
"text": "two official flags: the flag of France and the Kanak (ethnic Melanesian) flag have equal status; the latter consists of three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a large yellow disk shifted slightly to the hoist side is edged in black and displays a black <em>fleche faîtière</em> symbol, a native rooftop adornment"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "fleche faitiere (native rooftop adornment), kagu bird; national colors: gray, red"
|
||||
"text": "fleche faitiere (native rooftop adornment), kagu bird; national colors: grey, red"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"name": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> on 25 September 2023, the US officially established diplomatic relations with Niue"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars - a large star on a blue disk in the center and a smaller star on each arm of the bold red cross; the larger star stands for Niue, the smaller stars recall the Southern Cross constellation on the New Zealand flag and symbolize links with that country; yellow represents the bright sunshine of Niue and the warmth and friendship between Niue and New Zealand"
|
||||
"text": "yellow with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the UK flag has five yellow five-pointed stars, with a large star (representing Niue) on a blue disk in the center and smaller stars on each arm of the red cross that symbolize links with New Zealand; yellow stands for sunshine and the warmth and friendship between Niue and New Zealand"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "yellow, five-pointed star; national color: yellow"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -294,12 +294,15 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band; green stands for the rich vegetation on the island, and the pine tree - endemic to the island - is a symbol of Norfolk Island",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> somewhat reminiscent of the flag of Canada with its use of only two colors and depiction of a prominent local floral symbol in the central white band; also resembles the green and white triband of Nigeria"
|
||||
"text": "three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green, with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the white band; green stands for the island's rich vegetation, and the native pine tree is an island symbol",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> resembles Canada's flag in its use of only two colors and depiction of a local floral symbol in the central white band; also resembles Nigeria's green-and-white triband"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Norfolk Island pine"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "Norfolk Island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, and in 1980, Queen Elizabeth II granted it a separate coat of arms (pictured). In the center is the island’s symbol, the Norfolk Island Pine, with Britain’s lion and Australia’s kangaroo supporting the shield. The island’s motto, “Inasmuch,” comes from a verse in the Bible’s Gospel of Matthew"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"name": {
|
||||
"text": "\"Come Ye Blessed\""
|
||||
|
|
@ -308,9 +311,6 @@
|
|||
"text": "New Testament/John Prindle SCOTT"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the local anthem, whose lyrics consist of the words from Matthew 25:34-36, 40, is also known as \"The Pitcairn Anthem;\" the island does not recognize \"Advance Australia Fair\" (which other Australian territories use); instead \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "Norfolk Island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, and in 1980, Queen Elizabeth II granted it a separate coat of arms (pictured). In the center is the island’s symbol, the Norfolk Island Pine, with Britain’s lion and Australia’s kangaroo supporting the shield. The island’s motto, “Inasmuch,” comes from a verse in the Bible’s Gospel of Matthew"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -322,9 +322,6 @@
|
|||
"text": "2.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
"text": "11.7% (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "69.2% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -587,7 +584,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) all separated by a black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a horizontal Y (the two points of the Y face the hoist side and enclose the triangle); centered in the triangle is a boar's tusk encircling two crossed namele fern fronds, all in yellow; red represents the blood of boars and men, as well as unity, green the richness of the islands, and black the ni-Vanuatu people; the yellow Y-shape - which reflects the pattern of the islands in the Pacific Ocean - symbolizes the light of the Gospel spreading through the islands; the boar's tusk is a symbol of prosperity frequently worn as a pendant on the islands; the fern fronds represent peace",
|
||||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side), all separated by a black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a horizontal Y (the two points of the Y face the hoist side and enclose the triangle); a boar's tusk in the triangle encircles two crossed namele fern fronds, all in yellow; red stands for unity and the blood of men and boars, green for the richness of the islands, and black for the ni-Vanuatu people; the yellow Y-shape reflects the islands' layout in the Pacific Ocean and symbolizes the light of the Gospel; the boar's tusk is a symbol of prosperity; the ferns represent peace",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of four national flags that reflect the shape of the country in the flag design; the others are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Eritrea"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -302,13 +302,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "48.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "47.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "47.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "49.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "49.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "46.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "blue with a narrow, horizontal, gold stripe across the center and a large white 12-pointed star below the stripe on the hoist side; blue stands for the Pacific Ocean, the star indicates the country's location in relation to the Equator (the gold stripe) and the 12 points symbolize the 12 original tribes of Nauru; the star's white color represents phosphate, the basis of the island's wealth"
|
||||
"text": "blue with a narrow horizontal gold stripe across the center and a large white 12-pointed star below the stripe on the hoist side; blue stands for the Pacific Ocean; the star indicates the country's location in relation to the equator (the gold stripe) and the 12 points stand for the original tribes of Nauru; the star's white color represents phosphate, the basis of the island's wealth"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "frigatebird, calophyllum flower; national colors: blue, yellow, white"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "3.61 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.6 beds/1,000 population (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "2.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -329,13 +329,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "13.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "10% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "15% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "12.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -570,7 +570,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "National Party (49); Labour Party (34); Green Party (15); ACT New Zealand (11); New Zealand First (8); Other (6)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percentage of women in chamber": {
|
||||
"text": "45.5%"
|
||||
"text": "46.3%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"expected date of next election": {
|
||||
"text": "September 2026"
|
||||
|
|
@ -637,11 +637,14 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant with four red five-pointed stars edged in white centered in the outer half of the flag; the stars represent the Southern Cross constellation"
|
||||
"text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant, with four red five-pointed stars edged in white centered in the outer half of the flag; the stars represent the Southern Cross constellation"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Southern Cross constellation (four, five-pointed stars), kiwi (bird), silver fern; national colors: black, white, red (ochre)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "The first quarter of the shield shows four stars that represent the Southern Cross constellation and three ships that symbolize New Zealand's sea trade. In the second quarter, a fleece represents the sheep farming industry. The wheat sheaf in the third quarter represents the agricultural industry, and the crossed hammers in the fourth quarter represent mining. On either side of the shield are a Māori chieftain holding a <em>taiaha </em>(a Māori war weapon) and a European woman holding the New Zealand flag. St Edward's Crown, shown above the shield, symbolizes the British monarch."
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"name": {
|
||||
"text": "\"God Defend New Zealand\""
|
||||
|
|
@ -658,9 +661,6 @@
|
|||
"selected World Heritage Site locales": {
|
||||
"text": "Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand (n); Tongariro National Park (m); New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands (n)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "The first quarter of the shield shows four stars that represent the Southern Cross constellation and three ships that symbolize New Zealand's sea trade. In the second quarter, a fleece represents the sheep farming industry. The wheat sheaf in the third quarter represents the agricultural industry, and the crossed hammers in the fourth quarter represent mining. On either side of the shield are a Māori chieftain holding a <em>taiaha </em>(a Māori war weapon) and a European woman holding the New Zealand flag. St Edward's Crown, shown above the shield, symbolizes the British monarch."
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the green, yellow, and blue of the shield represents the island rising from the ocean; the green field features a yellow anchor surmounted by a bible (both the anchor and the bible were items found on the HMS Bounty); sitting on the crest is a Pitcairn Island wheelbarrow from which springs a flowering twig of miro (a local plant)"
|
||||
"text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the green, yellow, and blue of the shield represents the island rising from the ocean; the green field features a yellow anchor with a Bible over it (both were found on the <em>HMS Bounty</em>); a Pitcairn Island wheelbarrow is on the crest, with a flowering twig of miro (a local plant)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"name": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -291,18 +291,15 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "17.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "16.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "27.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "25.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "7.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
"text": "NA"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "45.6% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -612,7 +609,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "light blue with a large yellow disk shifted slightly to the hoist side; the blue color represents the ocean, the disk represents the moon; Palauans consider the full moon to be the optimum time for human activity; it is also considered a symbol of peace, love, and tranquility"
|
||||
"text": "light blue with a large yellow disk shifted slightly to the hoist side; blue stands for the ocean, and the disk for the moon, which is considered a symbol of peace, love, and tranquility"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "bai (native meeting house); national colors: blue, yellow"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -272,9 +272,6 @@
|
|||
"Physician density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.47 physicians/1,000 population (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.7 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
"text": "urban: 96.6% of population"
|
||||
|
|
@ -300,13 +297,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "28.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "30.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "48.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "52.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "8.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -601,7 +598,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "blue with two stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner - orange (top) and white; a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays appears on the hoist side above the two stripes; blue represents the Pacific Ocean, the orange stripe signifies the Ralik Chain or sunset and courage, while the white stripe signifies the Ratak Chain or sunrise and peace; the star symbolizes the cross of Christianity, each of the 24 rays designates one of the electoral districts in the country and the four larger rays highlight the principal cultural centers of Majuro, Jaluit, Wotje, and Ebeye; the rising diagonal band can also be interpreted as representing the equator, with the star showing the archipelago's position just to the north"
|
||||
"text": "blue with an orange stripe and a white stripe radiating from the lower hoist-side corner; a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays appears on the hoist side above the two stripes; the blue stands for the Pacific Ocean, the orange stripe for the Ralik Chain (or sunset and courage), and the white stripe for the Ratak Chain (or sunrise and peace); the star symbolizes the Christian cross, with a small ray for each electoral district and a larger ray for the principal cultural centers of Majuro, Jaluit, Wotje, and Ebeye; the diagonal stripes can also be interpreted as representing the equator, with the star showing the archipelago's position"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "a 24-rayed star; national colors: blue, white, orange"
|
||||
|
|
@ -878,7 +875,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "73% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "66% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -185,17 +185,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "52% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "10.1%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "2.8% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Environment": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -362,7 +351,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "none (territory of New Zealand)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "a yellow stylized Tokelauan canoe on a dark blue field sails toward the manu - the Southern Cross constellation of four, white, five-pointed stars at the hoist side; the Southern Cross represents the role of Christianity in Tokelauan culture and, in conjunction with the canoe, symbolizes the country navigating into the future; the color yellow indicates happiness and peace, and the blue field represents the ocean on which the community relies"
|
||||
"text": "a yellow stylized Tokelauan canoe on a dark blue field sails toward the Southern Cross constellation with four white five-pointed stars at the hoist side; the stars represent the role of Christianity in Tokelauan culture; the stars and canoe together symbolize the country navigating into the future; yellow stands for happiness and peace, and blue for the ocean"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "tuluma (fishing tackle box); national colors: blue, yellow, white"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -312,13 +312,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "31% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "30.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "46.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "46.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "15.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "15.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -329,13 +329,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4%"
|
||||
"text": "0.4% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "10.1%"
|
||||
"text": "10.1% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "2.8% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.8% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "red with a bold red cross on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner; the cross reflects the deep-rooted Christianity in Tonga, red represents the blood of Christ and his sacrifice, and white signifies purity"
|
||||
"text": "red with a red cross on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner; the cross stands for Christianity in Tonga, red for Christ's blood and sacrifice, and white for purity"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "red cross on white field, arms equal length; national colors: red, white"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -307,27 +307,30 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "35.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "32.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "49.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "46.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "21.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "18.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
"text": "3.1% (2019/20) NA"
|
||||
"text": "2.9% (2019/20)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "66.1% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "0% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8%"
|
||||
"text": "1.8% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.7% (2020)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -583,7 +586,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country with nine yellow, five-pointed stars on a blue field symbolizing the nine atolls in the ocean"
|
||||
"text": "light blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country, with the nine yellow five-pointed stars on a blue field symbolizing the atolls in the ocean"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "maneapa (native meeting house); national colors: light blue, yellow"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "none (territories of the US)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "the flag of the US is used"
|
||||
"text": "the US flag is used"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -134,8 +134,6 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Communications": {
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transportation": {
|
||||
"Airports": {
|
||||
"text": "2 (2025)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -268,9 +268,6 @@
|
|||
"text": "total: 7.1% of population (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
"text": "NA"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "56% (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -453,8 +450,8 @@
|
|||
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "unofficial, local flag has a red field with four white isosceles triangles in the middle, representing the three native kings of the islands and the French administrator; the apexes of the triangles are oriented inward and at right angles to each other; the flag of France, outlined in white on two sides, is in the upper hoist quadrant",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the design is derived from an original red banner with a white cross pattee that was introduced in the 19th century by French missionaries; the flag of France is used for official occasions"
|
||||
"text": "unofficial local flag has a red field with four white isosceles triangles in the middle, representing the three native kings of the islands and the French administrator; the apexes of the triangles are oriented inward and at right angles to each other; the flag of France, outlined in white on two sides, is in the upper hoist quadrant",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the design is derived from a red flag with a white cross that French missionaries introduced in the 19th century; the flag of France is used for official occasions"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "red saltire (Saint Andrew's Cross) on a white square on a red field; national colors: red, white"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "see United States"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "the flag of the US is used"
|
||||
"text": "the US flag is used"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -308,30 +308,30 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "25.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "36.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "28.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "14.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "12.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
"text": "3.4% (2019/20)"
|
||||
"text": "3.4% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "61.7% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9%"
|
||||
"text": "0.9% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "7.4%"
|
||||
"text": "7.4% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2% (2020)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing five white, five-pointed stars representing the Southern Cross constellation; red stands for courage, blue represents freedom, and white signifies purity",
|
||||
"text": "red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing five white, five-pointed stars that represent the Southern Cross constellation; red stands for courage, blue for freedom, and white for purity",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of Taiwan"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -956,7 +956,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "75% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "58% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "2.92 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "3.3 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: total": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "2.96 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "6 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "5.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -307,13 +307,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "8.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "15% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1065,6 +1065,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the Barbados Police Service (TBPS) is the national police force; it is modeled after London's Metropolitan Police Service and divided into three territorial divisions<strong><br><br>note 2: </strong>the Barbados Cadet Corps is a national youth organization affiliated with the BDF; membership is open to all school children in Barbados between the ages of 11 and 18"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1076,9 +1079,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "1.9 physicians/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "3 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "2.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: total": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -281,13 +281,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "10.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "10.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "18.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "2.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -587,6 +587,9 @@
|
|||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "blue marlin, flamingo, Yellow Elder flower; national colors: aquamarine, yellow, black"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "The motto on the Bahamas coat of arms is “Forward, Upward, Onward Together.” The flamingo and marlin supporting the shield are national animals that represent respectively the land and sea; the pink conch shell symbolizes the marine life of the islands; and the green palm fronds represent the natural vegetation. The Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus’s flagship, also appears on the shield, and the sun signifies the world-famous climate and the bright future of the islands."
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"name": {
|
||||
"text": "\"March On, Bahamaland!\""
|
||||
|
|
@ -595,9 +598,6 @@
|
|||
"text": "Timothy GIBSON"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1973; as a Commonwealth country, in addition to the national anthem, \"God Save the King\" serves as the royal anthem (see United Kingdom)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "The motto on the Bahamas coat of arms is “Forward, Upward, Onward Together.” The flamingo and marlin supporting the shield are national animals that represent respectively the land and sea; the pink conch shell symbolizes the marine life of the islands; and the green palm fronds represent the natural vegetation. The Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus’s flagship, also appears on the shield, and the sun signifies the world-famous climate and the bright future of the islands."
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1000,6 +1000,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the RBPF maintains internal security; both the RBDF and the RBPF, as well as the Department of Corrections, report to the Minister of National Security"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1011,9 +1014,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "1.09 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "1 beds/1,000 population (2018 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -320,13 +320,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "8.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.3% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "15.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "14.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -337,13 +337,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "6.3%"
|
||||
"text": "6.3% (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "33.5%"
|
||||
"text": "33.5% (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "22.2% (2016 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "22.2% (2016)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "People's United Party (PUP) (26); United Democratic Party (UDP) (5)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percentage of women in chamber": {
|
||||
"text": "9.7%"
|
||||
"text": "12.5%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"expected date of next election": {
|
||||
"text": "March 2030"
|
||||
|
|
@ -584,13 +584,13 @@
|
|||
"text": "5 years"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"most recent election date": {
|
||||
"text": "12/11/2020"
|
||||
"text": "5/9/2025"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percentage of women in chamber": {
|
||||
"text": "28.6%"
|
||||
"text": "35.7%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"expected date of next election": {
|
||||
"text": "May 2025"
|
||||
"text": "May 2030"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Judicial branch": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1095,6 +1095,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Ministry of National Defense and Border Security is responsible for oversight of the BDF and the Coast Guard, while the Ministry of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries has responsibility for the Belize Police Department (BPD) and prisons"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1106,9 +1109,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -122,8 +122,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Communications": {
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transportation": {
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "2.69 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.1 beds/1,000 population (2019)"
|
||||
"text": "1.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -322,13 +322,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "8.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "12.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "12.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "4.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -339,10 +339,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "2%"
|
||||
"text": "2% (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "17.1% (2018 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "17.1% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -643,6 +643,9 @@
|
|||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "yiguirro (clay-colored thrush); national colors: blue, white, red"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>The Costa Rican coat of arms highlights the country’s natural beauty and history. Three volcanoes, each topped with a white cloud, are surrounded with water, symbolizing the seaports of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The rising sun in the background commemorates the birth of a new nation, and the seven white stars stand for the country's seven provinces. The two merchant ships carrying Costa Rica’s flag are a reminder of the maritime trade that shaped the country's history.</p> <p> </p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"name": {
|
||||
"text": "\"Himno Nacional de Costa Rica\" (National Anthem of Costa Rica)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -659,9 +662,6 @@
|
|||
"selected World Heritage Site locales": {
|
||||
"text": "Guanacaste Conservation Area (n); Cocos Island National Park (n); Precolumbian Stone Spheres (c); La Amistad International Park (n)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National coat of arms": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>The Costa Rican coat of arms highlights the country’s natural beauty and history. Three volcanoes, each topped with a white cloud, are surrounded with water, symbolizing the seaports of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The rising sun in the background commemorates the birth of a new nation, and the seven white stars stand for the country's seven provinces. The two merchant ships carrying Costa Rica’s flag are a reminder of the maritime trade that shaped the country's history.</p> <p> </p>"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1122,6 +1122,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Costa Rica's armed forces were constitutionally abolished in 1949"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1133,9 +1136,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "9.54 physicians/1,000 population (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "5.3 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "4.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -324,13 +324,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "17.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "16.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "25.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "24.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "10.3% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -341,13 +341,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "4.8%"
|
||||
"text": "4.8% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "29.4%"
|
||||
"text": "29.4% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "5.9% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5.9% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "1.16 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "3.8 beds/1,000 population"
|
||||
"text": "3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
|
||||
"text": "27.9% (2016)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "green with a centered cross of three equal bands - the vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, and white and the horizontal part is yellow (top), black, and white; superimposed in the center of the cross is a red disk bearing a Sisserou parrot, unique to Dominica, encircled by 10 green, five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the 10 stars represent the 10 administrative divisions (parishes); green symbolizes the island's lush vegetation; the triple-colored cross represents the Christian Trinity; the yellow color denotes sunshine, the main agricultural products (citrus and bananas), and the native Carib Indians; black is for the rich soil and the African heritage of most citizens; white signifies rivers, waterfalls, and the purity of aspirations; the red disc stands for social justice"
|
||||
"text": "green with a centered cross of three equal bands; the vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, and white, and the horizontal part is yellow (top), black, and white; in the center of the cross is a red disk with a Sisserou parrot encircled by 10 green five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the stars represent the 10 administrative divisions (parishes); green symbolizes the island's lush vegetation; the tri-color cross represents the Christian Trinity; yellow stands for sunshine, the main agricultural products (citrus and bananas), and the native Carib Indians; black is for the rich soil and the African heritage of most citizens; white stands for the rivers, waterfalls, and the purity of aspirations; the red disc stands for social justice"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Sisserou parrot, Carib Wood flower; national colors: green, yellow, black, white, red"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "2.43 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "1.4 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -335,13 +335,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "10.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "9.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "14.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "13.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "6.5% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -352,10 +352,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "9.4%"
|
||||
"text": "9.4% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "31.5% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "31.5% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "a centered white cross that extends to the edges divides the flag into four rectangles - the top ones are ultramarine blue (hoist side) and vermilion red, and the bottom ones are vermilion red (hoist side) and ultramarine blue; a small coat of arms featuring a shield supported by a laurel branch (left) and a palm branch (right) is at the center of the cross; above the shield a blue ribbon displays the motto, DIOS, PATRIA, LIBERTAD (God, Fatherland, Liberty), and below the shield, REPUBLICA DOMINICANA appears on a red ribbon; in the shield a bible is opened to a verse that reads \"Y la verdad nos hara libre\" (And the truth shall set you free); blue stands for liberty, white for salvation, and red for the blood of heroes"
|
||||
"text": "a centered white cross extends to the edges and divides the flag into four rectangles; the top ones are ultramarine blue (hoist side) and vermilion red, and the bottom ones are vermilion red (hoist side) and ultramarine blue; a small coat of arms featuring a shield supported by a laurel branch (left) and a palm branch (right) is at the center of the cross; above the shield a blue ribbon displays the motto DIOS, PATRIA, LIBERTAD (God, Fatherland, Liberty), and below the shield, REPUBLICA DOMINICANA appears on a red ribbon; in the shield, a Bible is opened to a verse that reads \"Y la verdad nos hara libre\" (And the truth shall set you free); blue stands for liberty, white for salvation, and red for the blood of heroes"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "palmchat (bird); national colors: red, white, blue"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "84% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "85% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1183,8 +1183,11 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> in addition to the three main branches of the military, the Ministry of Defense directs the Specialized Border Security Corps (CESFRONT), the Specialized Corps in Port Security (CESEP), and the Specialized Corps in Airport and Civil Aviation Safety (CESAC); these specialized corps are joint forces, made up of personnel from all military branches in addition to civilian personnel; they may also assist in overall citizen security working together with the National Police, which is under the Ministry of Interior"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1194,9 +1197,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.8% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "1.62 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "1.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -325,13 +325,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "7.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "14.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "14.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.7% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -339,10 +339,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "4.3%"
|
||||
"text": "4.3% (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "19.7% (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "19.7% (2021)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -631,8 +631,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of cobalt blue (top), white, and cobalt blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL; the banner is based on the former blue-white-blue flag of the Federal Republic of Central America; the blue bands symbolize the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, while the white band represents the land between the two bodies of water, as well as peace and prosperity",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which has a different coat of arms centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of cobalt blue (top), white, and cobalt blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL; the banner is based on the former blue-white-blue flag of the Federal Republic of Central America; the blue bands stand for the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and the white for the land, as well as peace and prosperity",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which has a different coat of arms centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X pattern and centered in the white band"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "turquoise-browed motmot (bird); national colors: blue, white"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1103,20 +1103,20 @@
|
|||
"text": "The Armed Forces of El Salvador (La Fuerza Armada de El Salvador, FAES): Army of El Salvador (Ejercito de El Salvador, ES), Naval Force of El Salvador (Fuerza Naval de El Salvador, FNES), Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña, FAS)<br><br>Ministry of Justice and Public Safety: National Civil Police (Policia Nacional Civil, PNC) (2025)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "1.38 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "3.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "3.2 beds/1,000 population (2018 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the flag; there are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is a leading nutmeg producer); the seven stars stand for the seven administrative divisions, with the central star denoting the capital, St. George's; yellow represents the sun and the warmth of the people, green stands for vegetation and agriculture, and red symbolizes harmony, unity, and courage"
|
||||
"text": "a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the flag; three yellow five-pointed stars are centered on the top red border, three on the bottom red border, and one on a red disk at the center of the flag; a nutmeg pod is on the hoist-side triangle; the seven stars stand for the administrative divisions, with the central star denoting the capital, St. George's; yellow stands for the sun and the warmth of the people, green for vegetation and agriculture, and red for harmony, unity, and courage"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Grenada dove, bougainvillea flower; national colors: red, yellow, green"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "1.28 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "0.4 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -331,13 +331,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "10.9% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.8% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "20.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "22.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.5% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -346,6 +346,17 @@
|
|||
"Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
|
||||
"text": "57.2% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "6.2% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "29.5% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "9.6% (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "3.1% of GDP (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -641,8 +652,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal vertical bands of light blue (hoist side), white, and light blue, with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms includes a green and red quetzal (the national bird) representing liberty and a scroll bearing the inscription LIBERTAD 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1821 (the original date of independence from Spain) - all superimposed on a pair of crossed rifles signifying Guatemala's willingness to defend itself and a pair of crossed swords representing honor - and framed by a laurel wreath symbolizing victory; the blue bands represent the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea; the white band denotes peace and purity",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of only two national flags featuring a firearm, the other is Mozambique"
|
||||
"text": "three equal vertical bands of light blue (hoist side), white, and light blue, with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms includes a green-and-red quetzal (the national bird) and a scroll with the inscription LIBERTAD 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1821 (the original date of independence from Spain); a pair of crossed rifles on the coat of arms signify Guatemala's willingness to defend itself and a pair of crossed swords represent honor; framed by a laurel wreath symbolizing victory; the blue bands stand for the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, and the white for peace and purity",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> one of two national flags featuring a firearm; the other is Mozambique"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "quetzal (bird); national colors: blue, white"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1078,7 +1089,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "54% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "56% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1147,6 +1158,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Civil Police (Policia Nacional Civil or PNC) are under the Ministry of Government (Interior)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1158,9 +1172,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.4% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.29 physicians/1,000 population (2022)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2013)"
|
||||
"text": "4.8 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -329,13 +329,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "7.7% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "12.2% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "12.4% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "3.1% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -346,13 +346,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "2.1%"
|
||||
"text": "2.1% (2017)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "14.9%"
|
||||
"text": "14.9% (2017)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% (2017 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.6% (2017)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Education expenditures": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -675,7 +675,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a centered white rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which contains a palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above a scroll bearing the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength); the colors are taken from the French Tricolor and represent the union of blacks and mulattoes"
|
||||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a centered white rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which has a palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above a scroll with the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength); the colors are taken from the French flag and represent the union of ethnic groups"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Hispaniolan trogon (bird), hibiscus flower; national colors: blue, red"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "39% (2021 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "39% (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.49 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -331,6 +331,17 @@
|
|||
"text": "0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "11.9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "22.2% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
"text": "7.1% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -339,13 +350,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Child marriage": {
|
||||
"women married by age 15": {
|
||||
"text": "9.2%"
|
||||
"text": "9.2% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"women married by age 18": {
|
||||
"text": "34%"
|
||||
"text": "34% (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"men married by age 18": {
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"text": "10% (2019 est.)"
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"text": "10% (2019)"
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}
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},
|
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"Education expenditures": {
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@ -622,7 +633,7 @@
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},
|
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"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
|
||||
"chief of mission": {
|
||||
"text": "Ambassador Laura F. DOGU (since 12 April 2022)"
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"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Roy PERRIN (since April 2025)"
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},
|
||||
"embassy": {
|
||||
"text": "Avenida La Paz, Tegucigalpa M.D.C."
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}
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||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
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||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of cerulean blue (top), white, and cerulean blue, with five cerulean, five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band; the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; the blue bands symbolize the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; the white band represents the land between the two bodies of water and the peace and prosperity of its people",
|
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom, centered in the white band"
|
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"text": "three equal horizontal bands of cerulean blue (top), white, and cerulean blue, with five cerulean five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern and centered in the white band; the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; the blue bands stand for the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and the white band for the land and the peace and prosperity of its people",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "scarlet macaw, white-tailed deer; national colors: blue, white"
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||||
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@ -1057,7 +1068,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "60% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "58% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1126,6 +1137,9 @@
|
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"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the National Police of Honduras (Policía Nacional de Honduras, PNH) are under the Secretariat of Security and responsible for internal security; some larger cities have police forces that operate independently of the national police and report to municipal authorities <br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the PMOP supports the PNH against narcotics trafficking and organized crime; it is subordinate to the Secretariat of Defense/FFAA, but conducts operations sanctioned by civilian security officials as well as by military leaders <br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> the National Interinstitutional Security Force is an interagency command that coordinates the overlapping responsibilities of the HNP, PMOP, and other security organizations such as the National Intelligence Directorate and the Public Ministry (public prosecutor), but exercises coordination, command, and control responsibilities only during interagency operations involving those forces"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1.5% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1137,9 +1151,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.46 physicians/1,000 population (2023)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "1.7 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "1.7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -321,13 +321,13 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Tobacco use": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "9.4% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "9% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "15% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "15.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "3.8% (2020 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.1% (2025 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles - green (top and bottom) and black (hoist side and fly side); green represents hope, vegetation, and agriculture, black reflects hardships overcome and to be faced, and yellow recalls golden sunshine and the island's natural resources"
|
||||
"text": "diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles, two green (top and bottom) and two black (hoist side and fly side); green stands for hope, vegetation, and agriculture, black for hardships overcome and to be faced, and yellow for sunshine and natural resources"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "green-and-black streamertail (bird), Guiacum officinale (Lignum Vitae); national colors: green, yellow, black"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "85% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "83% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1109,6 +1109,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is the country’s police force; it has primary responsibility for internal security and has units for community policing, special response, intelligence gathering, and internal affairs; both it and the JDF are under the Ministry of National Security"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "1.4% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1120,9 +1123,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "1.7% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Montserratian coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the arms feature a woman in green dress, Erin, the female personification of Ireland, standing beside a yellow harp and embracing a large dark cross with her right arm; Erin and the harp are symbols of Ireland reflecting the territory's Irish ancestry; blue represents awareness, trustworthiness, determination, and righteousness"
|
||||
"text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Montserratian coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the arms show a woman in a green dress (Erin, the female personification of Ireland) standing beside a yellow harp (a symbol of Ireland) and embracing a large dark cross with her right arm; blue represents awareness, trustworthiness, determination, and righteousness"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National anthem": {
|
||||
"text": "<p><strong>note:</strong> as a territory of the UK, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)</p>"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -246,9 +246,6 @@
|
|||
"text": "total: 1.2% of population (2017)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
|
||||
"text": "NA"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Literacy": {
|
||||
"total population": {
|
||||
"text": "NA"
|
||||
|
|
@ -439,8 +436,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and blue with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the center of the triangle displays the Sint Maarten coat of arms; the arms consist of an orange-bordered blue shield prominently displaying the white court house in Philipsburg, as well as a bouquet of yellow sage (the national flower) in the upper left, and the silhouette of a Dutch-French friendship monument in the upper right; the shield is surmounted by a yellow rising sun in front of which is a brown pelican in flight; a yellow scroll below the shield bears the motto: SEMPER PROGREDIENS (Always Progressing); the three main colors are identical to those on the Dutch flag",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the flag somewhat resembles that of the Philippines but with the main red and blue bands reversed; the banner more closely evokes the wartime Philippine flag"
|
||||
"text": "two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and blue, with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the center of the triangle displays the national coat of arms with an orange-bordered blue shield that prominently displays the white courthouse in Philipsburg, as well as yellow sage (the national flower) in the upper left and the silhouette of a Dutch-French friendship monument in the upper right; over the shield is a yellow rising sun and a brown pelican in flight; a yellow scroll below the shield has the motto SEMPER PROGREDIENS (Always Progressing)",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the flag resembles Philippines' flag, but with the red and blue bands reversed; the three main colors are the same as the Dutch flag"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>brown pelican, yellow sage (flower); national colors: red, white, blue</p>"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0.68 physicians/1,000 population (2018)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Hospital bed density": {
|
||||
"text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "0.9 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Sanitation facility access": {
|
||||
"improved: urban": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -620,8 +620,8 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Flag description": {
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on the top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; the banner is based on the former blue-white-blue flag of the Federal Republic of Central America; the blue bands symbolize the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, while the white band represents the land between the two bodies of water",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band"
|
||||
"text": "three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on the top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; the banner is based on the former blue-white-blue flag of the Federal Republic of Central America; the blue bands stand for the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and the white band for the land between the two bodies of water",
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> similar to the flag of El Salvador, which has a round emblem with the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars in an X pattern centered in the white band"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"National symbol(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "turquoise-browed motmot (bird); national colors: blue, white"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "61% (2022 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "58% (2023 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1083,6 +1083,9 @@
|
|||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> both the military and the Nicaraguan National Police (Policía Nacional de Nicaragua or PNN) report directly to the president; Parapolice, which are non-uniformed, armed, and masked units with marginal tactical training and loose hierarchical organization, act in coordination with government security forces and report to the National Police; they have been used to suppress anti-government protesters"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
|
||||
"text": "0.5% of GDP (2024 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2023": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1094,9 +1097,6 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2020": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2020 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military Expenditures 2019": {
|
||||
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2019 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
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